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Libya: Lawyers slam release of Gadaffi’s son torture video

LAWYERS for the son of murdered Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadaffi  condemned his captors yesterday, after a video of his torture was released.

The video released by the Clearnews website, showed guards beating Saadi Gadaffi on the soles of his feet during an interrogation at al-Hadba prison.

Mr Gadaffi’s has been in pre-trial detention since authorities in Niger extradited him to Libya in 2014.

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