Lebanon's 'Justice': Holding Kadhafi's Son for 9 Years Without Trial
Al-Monitor, via AFP, reports Hannibal Kadhafi's 'alarming' health after nearly a decade in Lebanese pre-trial detention, accused of withholding information on the 1978 disappearance of Shiite cleric Musa Sadr. He's been 'urgently hospitalised' with abdominal pain and depression, despite never being formally convicted of a crime. This isn't justice; it's a political hostage situation under the
guise of legal process, a tactic often reserved for opponents of regional powers. While Beirut wrings its hands over Kadhafi's health, conveniently omitting that his alleged crime involves events from almost 50 years ago, and that the 'pre-trial' phase has outlasted many US presidential terms. One might wonder if the concern for due process would extend to, say, a Palestinian in Israeli
administrative detention, or if this particular hostage's declining health is merely bad PR for a system that leverages individuals for regional scores.