Human Rights Watch
Hannibal Gaddafi Released on $11 Million Bail After Decade-Long Lebanese Detention Over Sadr Case
Oct 18, 2025 12:25 am CST
After nearly a decade in Lebanese pre-trial detention, Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been granted release on $11 million bail. Detained since 2015 over alleged withholding of information about the 1978 disappearance of Shiite cleric Mussa Sadr, his case has raised human rights concerns and involves connections to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's legal troubles.
Iraq's Personal Status Law Amendment Undermines Women's Rights, Says Human Rights Watch
Oct 15, 2025 11:25 pm CST
Human Rights Watch criticizes Iraq's amended personal status law for restricting women's rights by allowing retroactive application of Shiite religious code in marriages without wives' consent, permitting husbands to divorce unilaterally, and automatically transferring child custody to fathers after age seven, effectively relegating women to second-class citizens in legal matters of marriage, divorce, and family rights.