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Forgotten in Libya's Dungeons


[Washington Post] Mohamed Eljahmi - Libyan democratic dissidents continue to suffer in Gaddafi's dungeon, their plight ignored by the State Department. One of Gaddafi's victims who continues to suffer is my older brother, Fathi Eljahmi. Fathi, 67, is a prisoner of conscience and probably Libya's most prominent democracy activist. He is being held in isolation, under inhumane conditions, in a hospital in Tripoli. Yet under the Bush administration, the State Department continues to engage Arab dictators at the expense of dissidents who support transitions to peaceful, modern societies. Our family hopes that our beloved brother and father survives - and that President-elect Barack Obama brings much-needed change to U.S. policy toward Libya.
2008-11-21 01:00:00
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