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| Libya and Britain agree to transfer prisoners |
| 2009-04-30 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Libya and Britain agreed to transfer prisoners on Wednesday, opening a legal window for the repatriation of a former Libyan agent jailed for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing as his lawyers launched an appeal against his conviction. The deal to allow the transfer of prisoners between the two countries was one of four agreements on judicial cooperation ratified in Tripoli, and removes an obstacle to any future deal to send home Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi. He was convicted in 2001 for the 1988 bombing of a U.S. airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, and sentenced to life in prison. He is currently in a Scottish jail. All 259 people on board the Pan Am Boeing 747 en route from London to New York died, along with 11 people on the ground at Lockerbie as a result of falling debris. "The agreements are effective as of today," said a statement released by the Tripoli government shortly after the signing by Libya's Foreign Ministry judicial department director Mohammed es-Sagaier and Britain's ambassador to Libya, Vincent Fean. The Libyan statement said the four agreements covered the exchange of wanted suspects, prisoner transfers, judicial cooperation on civil and commercial affairs, and legal aid in criminal cases. "The agreements are standard deals ... They allow the transfer of prisoners after final court verdicts to permit them to spend the remainder of their prison terms near their families," Libyan Cooperation Minister Mohamed Tahar Sayala said, when asked if Megrahi would benefit from the deals. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Not far from Lockerbie along the Dumfries road, a quiet countryside cemetery where flowers are placed along the wall daily. Here. Click on photo to enlarge. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-30 09:12 |
| #1 The victims of the Lockerbie massacre do not get to spend time near their families. Reagan did not bomb Libya hard enough. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2009-04-30 08:57 |