| Arab League Ministerial Council Re news Call for Al-Megrahi Release 14/09/2008 03:21:00 | ||
| According to the Libyan news agency JANA, the Arab League Ministerial Council has reiterated a demand to release the political hostage Libyan national Abd al Basset al Megrahi.It also endorsed Libya’s right to compensation for the damage sustained as result of the Lockerbie case and the consequent unfair UN sanctions that lasted for about nine years.The council renewed in a resolution issued at the end of its 130th session held at the headquarters in Cairo last night a demand for the release of al Megrahi, the Libyan national imprisoned in Scotland in connection with the Lockerbie case, urging the government of the UK to release document requested by al Megrahi’s defence before the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.The resolution said Britain’s refusal to release the document represented a miscarriage of justice.Libya was represented at the meeting by the Secretary of Arab Affairs at the General People’s Committee of the Foreign Liaison Bureau. |
Arab League Ministerial Council Re news Call for Al-Megrahi Release
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