Libya to demolish notorious prison
2009-10-16
Libya on Thursday (October 15th) released 88 political prisoners from Abu Selim prison, near Tripoli, including "45 members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)", international press quoted Libya's Human Rights Association as saying. The NGO is part of Saif al-Islam's Kadhafi Foundation. The association also said that the prison, where many inmates were killed in riots in 1996, would be demolished.
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