Hannibal Gaddafi goes on hunger strike in Lebanon to protest detention without trial
Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has been detained in Lebanon for more than seven years, has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial.
Hannibal Gaddafi's lawyer said on Saturday that his client was serious and would continue the hunger strike until the end.
Hannibal Gaddafi has been detained in Lebanon since 2015 after being abducted from neighbouring Syria, where he was staying as a political refugee.
Hannibal Gaddafi, who is married to a Lebanese woman, issued a statement describing his condition: "How can a political prisoner be held without a fair trial all these years?