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Libya may detain Australian lawyer indefinitely, say reports

THE federal government says reports that Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor would be held indefinitely in Libya cannot be confirmed.

The Guardian newspaper reported that Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib had said Ms Taylor was guilty of actions that ”compromised national security” and would not be released. Ms Taylor, an Australian defence counsel with the International Criminal Court, has been held in the north-western city of Zintan for the past fortnight after being accused of passing coded messages to her client, Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam.

Dr Keib was reported as saying that ”during the meeting with the defendant [Saif], the defendant Melinda Taylor handed over to the accused some documents which compromise the national security of Libya”. Dr Keib was also said to have told reporters that the documents had ”nothing to do with the ICC mission”.

Libya may detain Australian lawyer indefinitely, say reports
Bianca Hall and Judith Ireland
June 23, 2012

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THE federal government says reports that Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor would be held indefinitely in Libya cannot be confirmed.

The documents constituted ”an offence punishable by the Libyan regulations”.

A Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman said that Australia’s ambassador-designate to Libya, David Ritchie, had met with Libyan officials after the report was published. ”At this stage, the reports can’t be confirmed,” the spokesman said. ”[The Prime Minister] did make a speech overnight last night [Thursday], where he talked about Libya’s concerns about this matter in general. But both Libya and the ICC are discussing the issues surrounding this matter in the Hague today [Friday] … we are presently taking with caution the report that the Prime Minister said she was guilty and would not be released.”

Earlier this week, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said that the ICC was close to making an apology to Libya which could allow the swift release of Ms Taylor and her three colleagues. Senator Carr said he believed the four could be freed within a week and a half if he is able to ”telescope” negotiations between Libyan authorities and the court.

SOURCE:smh.com.au

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