Qathafi's son confirms nearby release of Libyan Muslim Brothers prisoners

Seif al-Islam al-Qathafi, the founder of al-Qathafi establishment for charity, and son of the Libyan leader Muammar al-Qathafi has stressed the nearby release of prisoners of the Muslim Brothers groups in Libya in their being a political group which did not practice violence.

Seif al-Islam told al-Jazeera TV that this step comes after the completion of legal measures and the commitment by the Muslim Brothers to work according to enforced laws.

On May 4th news quoted a Libyan official source as saying that preparations are underway to release prisoners who are sentenced in Muslim Brothers cases and that the convicted persons were notified about the decision to release them.

According to preliminary information, the source noted, the release decision covered all convicted persons in this case including those who were sentenced to death.

The source, which asked to be unanimous expected the news to declare the release operation to be made very soon in space stations and the media, noting that they had contacted the families of the prisoners in various Libyan cities and notified them about the decision to release them officially.

This case dates back to June 1998 when the Libyan authorities detained 152 persons at the accusations of being members in the Muslim Brothers group. Following several deliberations that ended on February 16 2002, sentences were issued against the persons accused in this case.

The sentences ranged between death penalty to two of them, life imprisonment to 73 and ten years imprisonment for other 11 and the release of 66.