Mustafa Al-Majdoub, the legal advisor to the Abu Salim Prison Massacre Victims Association, reported that the Tripoli Criminal Court has postponed the case until November 3.
Al-Majdoub said in a statement to Al-Ahrar that the prosecution ordered the arrest of 79 defendants who were released in a previous session and the continued detention of 3 other defendants, including Abdullah Al-Senussi, according to him.
Al-Majdoub pointed out that the defendant in the Abu Salim case, “Mansour Daw,” appeared for the first time today, Sunday, before the Tripoli Criminal Court via closed circuit from Misurata, according to him.
Last March, the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court issued a ruling to cancel the decision of the Tripoli Court of Appeal in June 2022 regarding the Abu Salim prison massacre case, which stipulated that the court did not have jurisdiction to consider the case and referred it to the military judiciary.
The Supreme Court decided to reconsider the lawsuit filed against the defendants in the case by the victims’ families and human rights organizations, and refer it to the Tripoli Court of Appeal through a new judicial body.
Last February of this year, the Association of the Families of the Martyrs of the Abu Salim Massacre called on the national judiciary to expedite the completion of the massacre case file, issue its rulings on it, and achieve justice, which is its motto.
In a statement issued after the second meeting of the Transitional Justice Movement, the families demanded that the judiciary not release any of the defendants in the case until it is finally decided.
The families of the massacre martyrs called for the activation of the Transitional Justice Law issued in 2013 regarding transitional justice to ensure that such a heinous crime is not repeated and to ensure that criminals do not escape punishment and retribution.
The Abu Salim prison massacre case dates back to 1996, when security forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime began killing more than 1,200 prisoners after protests broke out inside the prison.
A number of officials in the former regime are facing charges of involvement in this massacre, including the head of the intelligence service, Abdullah al-Senussi, and the head of Gaddafi’s personal guard, Mansour Dhao.
Source | Libya Al-Ahrar Channel
2024-09-11 08:21:46