Participants in the seminar held in London on human rights called on the government of Libya to make fundamental change in its political life, and for the respecting public freedoms and human rights. The seminar, which was organized by the Libyan (Monitor) foundation for human rights, accused Tripoli of grave practices within an organized legal framework. The participants called on the Libyan government to open an investigation on the circumstances of the many killed Libyan prisoners in Abu Salim detention camp. The organization also expressed its concern over "the fate of other political prisoners, especially as many of them have been jailed for a decade without trial nor accusations," and called for their release. On the other hand, Seif al-Islam al-Qathafi, son the Libyan leader admitted the existence of human rights violations in his country during the past years. But he added that the human rights record in Libya started to greatly improve, in comparison to what it had been in the past.
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Earlier, Libya had released several political prisoners, including Ahmad al-Zubeir Ahmad al-Sanousi, the oldest political prisoner in its jails. Amnesty International then said that al-Sanousi was detained for 31 years on charge of taking part in a coupe attempt in 1970. |