13/05/2009
Libyan authorities should carry out a full and transparent investigation of the reported suicide last weekend of Libyan prisoner Ali Mohamed al-Fakheri, aka Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi, Libya-watanona on Tuesday (May 12th) quoted Human Rights Watch as saying. Al-Libi was found dead in his cell in Tripli's Abu Salim prison, where he had been serving a life sentence since his 2006 extradition from Guantanamo. HRW spoke briefly with al-Libi on April 27th at the prison, the NGO said.