Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been released by Lebanon after nearly 10 years in detention without trial.
The Lebanese authorities seized Mr. Gaddafi, now 49, in 2015, accusing him of concealing information about the fate of a Lebanese Shia cleric who disappeared in Libya in 1978, when he was just two years old.
Human rights groups had denounced the accusations.
His lawyer told the AFP news agency that his $900,000 (£682,938) bail had been paid.
Laurent Bayon remarked, It's the end of a nightmare for him that lasted 10 years. In October, a judge set a $11 million bail against Gaddafi's release, which was reduced last week after an appeal by his defense team, according to AFP.
Mr. Bayon indicated that his client would leave Lebanon for a confidential destination.
If Gaddafi was able to be arbitrarily detained in Lebanon for 10 years, it's because the justice system was not independent, Bayon stated.
In 2015, Mr. Gaddafi was briefly abducted by an armed group in Lebanon before being freed. He was later detained by Lebanese authorities.
Following his father's overthrow by rebels and his subsequent death in 2011, Hannibal fled to Syria and later lived under house arrest in Oman with his wife, Aline Skaf.
Before the fall of his father's regime, Mr. Gaddafi was known for his lavish lifestyle.
The disappearance of Shia cleric Musa al-Sadr in Libya in 1978 has remained a significant source of tension between Libya and Lebanon for decades. Hannibal Gaddafi was only two at the time and held no senior position in Libya as an adult.
