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April 8, 2011

The Daily Star - Press Federation files lawsuits against Gadhafi - April 8, 2011

BEIRUT: The Press Federation instructed Thursday its legal advisers to file a lawsuit against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi over the disappearance of a Lebanese journalist who went missing over three decades ago. Mohammad Baalbaki, head of the Press Federation, asked legal advisers Ibrahim Halawi and Elias Hanna to lodge a lawsuit against the Libyan leader and a number of his aides over the disappearance of journalist Abbas Badreddine, who vanished during a visit to Libya in August 1978 along with Imam Musa al-Sadr, the founder and former head of the Higher Shiite Council, and Sheikh Mohammad Yacoub. The Libyan leader and 16 of his aides were indicted in the disappearance of the influential imam in 2008. However, two sessions of the trial have been postponed by the Judicial Council following the retirement of its head, Ghaleb Ghanem. The appointment of Ghanem’s successor awaits a Cabinet decision. Legal advisers Halawi and Hanna informed the council about the lawsuit during the second session that was adjourned on April 1. – The Daily Star

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