Saif al-Islam Gaddafi released from prison in Western Libya

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Is that the one that left college to get captured?
 

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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second son of the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, is said to have been freed under an amnesty, in a move which could fuel further instability.

His father's preferred successor, he had been held by a militia in the town of Zintan for the past six years.

The Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion said he had been released on Friday but he has not been shown in public.

A source has told the BBC he is in the Tobruk area of eastern Libya.

His lawyer, Khaled al-Zaidi, also said he had been released but would not say which city Saif al-Islam had travelled to for security reasons.
The Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion said it was acting on a request from the "interim government".

That government - based in the east of the country - had already offered amnesty to Saif al-Islam.

However, he has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Tripoli, the west of the country, where control is in the hands of the rival, UN-backed Government of National Accord.

If confirmed, the release of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi would add another unpredictable element to Libya's unstable mix.

He was detained in the desert in November 2011 trying to flee to Niger, and later appeared missing several fingers.

The former playboy often appeared in the West as the public face of the Gaddafi regime and was his father's heir-apparent.


While reviled by many - at home and abroad - he retains some support in Libya and could try to re-enter the political fray here.

Gaddafi's son Saif freed in Libya - BBC News


 

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This is the third time there's been reports that he's been freed. Everyone knew this was coming since the split bettween East and West began around 2014. Many former regime elements and security services have also allied with themselves with the East since they gave them an amnesty. I wouldn't be surprised to see him involved in politics soon.

 
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