Minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour was informed Sunday that
a four-member International Criminal Court team comprising Lebanese national
Helene Assaf, detained in Libya since weeks, will be released soon.
According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, the ICC members are
in good health and will be transferred from Zintan area, where they are being
held, to Tripoli and later to Rome.
In June, the ICC team was detained in Tripoli for alleged
“espionage”, after the Zintan rebels accused them of sharing and exchanging
documents with Seif al-Islam, son of Moammar Gadhafi.
In addition to Assaf, the team comprises Australian lawyer Melinda
Taylor, and two colleagues (Spanish and Russian) who voluntarily chose to stay
with their colleague.
Libyan authorities said that Assaf and Taylor are accused of
“espionage” and “contact with the enemy” after exchanging certain documents
with Seif al-Islam.
The ICC says the team went to discuss appointing a lawyer on
behalf of Seif al-Islam upon his choice.
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