[IRISHTIMES] A video appearing to show Saadi Gadafy, son of Libya's late dictator Muammar, being abused in jail has been condemned by lawyers and rights groups.
The nine-minute video appears to show Saadi (42) in a green tracksuit, being hooked up to an improvised rack, apparently while in jug at Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
's maximum security al-Hadba prison. Segments show him sitting blindfolded and forced to listen to screams of other detainees being beaten in an adjacent room.
"It raises serious concerns about the methods used to interrogate al-Saadi Qadaffy and other detainees at al-Hadba prison," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director of Human Rights Watch
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. "The Tripoli authorities need to urgently establish exactly what did occur."
The video's release, by Arabic network Clear News, has alarmed lawyers worried about the treatment of other detainees at al-Hadba, where former Gadfy-era officials are held.
"This is a shocking video that raises questions about conditions inside the prison," said Karim Khan QC, London-based lawyer for Libya's former prime minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, also at al-Hadba. "The international community needs to demand a full investigation." 
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