Agreement should be cancelled now, says Commission head

Rachid Hamdani, Max Goeldi in Tripoli (©2009 DR / Amnesty International)

Update 17:15  Bern, Switzerland (GenvaLunch) – One of two Swiss men held in Tripoli, Libya has had his hearing postponed until 24 January, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday 10 January. Rachid Hamdani did not appear at the scheduled hearing for fear of being seized by Libyan authorities. The two Swiss, held in Tripoli, since July 2008 following the arrest in Geneva of Hannibal Qadaffi and his wife, have been accused of visa violations and tax evasion. Their Libyan lawyer says he has not had access to all the documents held by the prosecution.

The agreement signed in August 2009 between Switzerland and Libya to put an end to the two countries’ differences should now be annulled, says Eugen David, president of Parliament’s upper house foreign affairs commission. The agreement was suspended before Christmas.

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