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Al-Sour reveals to 218News the fate of detainees in Tripoli

The Head of the investigations department at the Attorney General’s office Al-Siddiq Al-Sour revealed to 218News on “Al-Bilad” program, the Attorney General’s instructions regarding the demonstrators who were arrested in Tripoli due to the August 23 movement protests.

Al-Sour confirmed that the instructions of the Public Prosecutor’s office regarding the arrested protesters stipulate their immediate release, adding that 13 of them were released and about 8 others were suspected of being involved in riots.

He also indicated that a decision was issued to immediately release about 60 to 70 demonstrators who had not committed any crime, indicating that the pretrial detention of the demonstrators was carried out for investigations and that all of them will be released.

Regarding the steps taken by the Public Prosecutor’s Office after the arrest of the demonstrators, Al-Sour said that they immediately communicated with the relevant police authorities, after which they were shown the report of the seizure by the Libyan intelligence service and other security agencies that had evidence regarding the demonstrations.Then, the Attorney General’s office ordered to release demonstrators who had committed no crime.

During his speech, Al-Sour touched on Law 65 of 2012 related to peaceful protest, stressing that the law and the constitutional declaration guarantee the right to demonstrate for all citizens, but there are procedures that must be followed.

He highlighted a fallacy he described as “big” regarding obtaining the right to demonstrate, saying that the majority of citizens talk about the need to obtain permission from the Ministry of Interior, but the correct procedure is done by communicating with the relevant security directorate in the area in which the demonstrations will take place.

He explained that the communication takes place by notifying the Security Directorate in writing of the date and place of the demonstration 48 hours before the date set for its start in order to decide whether the request can be accepted or rejected and informs the organizers of the demonstration 12 hours before the date set for its exit with the final decision.

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