Overview
- Defense lawyer Charbel Milad al-Khoury and security officials said he was released Monday evening after paperwork was finalized.
- The judiciary last week cut bail from $11 million to about $900,000 and removed the travel restriction, clearing the way for his departure once procedures were complete.
- Lebanon’s National News Agency and the Tripoli-based Justice Ministry reported that a Libyan delegation covered the bail.
- He had been held since 2015 over allegations he withheld information on Imam Musa al-Sadr’s 1978 disappearance, a politically sensitive case that remains unresolved.
- Human-rights groups criticized his prolonged detention as he was held without trial and undertook a 2023 hunger strike; Libya’s unity government thanked Lebanese leaders and signaled interest in reviving bilateral ties.