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    Former Libyan ambassador to UN & Canada under Kadhafi freed

    News CentralBy News CentralFebruary 17, 201902 Mins Read
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    A former official of ousted Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s regime sentenced to death in 2015 was released Sunday for “health reasons”, his family said.

    Abuzeid Dorda, 74, had been serving as head of foreign intelligence when a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled and killed Kadhafi, but he also held a handful of other positions during the dictator’s 42-year reign including a stint as prime minister.

    He was sentenced to death along with eight others close to Kadhafi including the Libyan leader’s son, Seif al-Islam, over their alleged role in the bloody crackdown on protesters.

    The United Nations denounced the trial as “seriously” flawed.

    Dorda on Sunday was “out of Libya safely after eight years of imprisonment”, a close relative told AFP on condition of anonymity.

    “He is getting much needed treatment and plans on going back home to Libya as soon as he is fully recovered,” he said.

    Dorda, who was on crutches at his trial, suffered broken bones after his capture in 2011, which “haven’t healed properly due to lack of treatment,” the source added.

    Libya’s attorney general ordered Dorda’s “provisional release” in June, but the move was delayed for unknown reasons.

    Libyan media reported the former official’s arrival in neighbouring Tunisia on Sunday, but his family refused to provide further details about his final destination.

    Dorda served as prime minister from 1990 to 1994, but also served stints at the head of the ministries of information, foreign affairs, economy and agriculture.

    He was also Libya’s ambassador to the UN and to Canada.

    Dorda was detained in Tripoli along with 40 other regime officials, including Kadhafi’s last prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi — who were both sentenced to death.

    Seif al-Islam, Kadhafi’s son, was captured and imprisoned by an armed group in the northwestern city of Zintan and sentenced in absentia.

    The group announced his release in 2017 but it was never confirmed and his fate remains unknown.

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