Libya told to release 330 prisoners

New York, 22 Dec-(ANA)- Libya's Internal Security agency should comply immediately with judicial orders for the release of the 330 prisoners it is detaining, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.

Libya’s head of internal security, Colonel Al-Tohamy Khaled, confirmed that his agency was detaining 330 prisoners whose sentences had ended or who had been acquitted in Abu Salim prison.

He said his agency believed the men were a security risk because of their Jihadist views, and the judges who had ordered their release "did not understand" the situation, in some cases acquitting them on technical procedural grounds. (ANA)

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