Reply #30: URGENT: American Citizen Detained in Libya

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URGENT: American Citizen Detained in Libya
Posted on February 24, 2011 by main

Libyan League for Human Rights (LLHR)

Press Release


American Citizen Detained in Libya

February 23, 2011

At least one American citizen has been detained in the Libyan uprising. LLHR calls upon the Libyan government to immediately release all political prisoners currently in government custody.

Today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that her primary concern was the safety of American nationals in Libya. LLHR calls upon the American government to pressure the Gaddafi regime to release Gibani Abdelgader Gibani, an American citizen toward whom the US bears a particularly marked responsibility.



Gibani Abdelgader Gibani was detained at Amanatul Ta’adil Courthouse on February 19th. He was following up on a claim he had filed three years ago regarding family assets seized by the government. After being arrested, Gibani, who suffers from high blood pressure, lost consciousness. He was taken to Ma’ateega hospital, located inside Tripoli’s Military Base. He is currently being held at the hospital and is accompanied by two guards.

Gibani’s detention, even in a military hospital, is cause for alarm, particularly given numerous reports of injured protesters being killed inside hospitals in recent days.

Gibani’s American passport number is 039-340-365.

LLHR is requesting that its members phone the State Department to make an appeal on Gibani’s behalf and to demand that the US freeze all assets of the Gaddafi family. The State Department’s phone number is 1-202-647-4000. They can also be contacted online: http://contact-us.state.gov/

LLHR calls for the immediate release of Gibani and all other political prisoners in Libya, and for an end to the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Libya, which has caused up to 1,000 deaths since the beginning of last week.

Press Contact:

Yasmeen Ar-Rayani

[phone]

[email protected]

For more information visit: Libyan League for Human Rights الرابطة الليبية لحقوق الإنسان



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Is he blonde? Blue eyes? Ask the Lebanese Americans how that one worked when Israel was bombing the shit out of Lebanon.