Hadi Fornaji TRIPOLI — Fears mounted for the safety of Abdullah Senussi's daughter Anoud, abducted Monday minutes after she was released from jail. A member of the Congress, who did not want to be named, told the Libya Herald that members were afraid that she was dead. “It will be a disaster,” said the Congress member. “Libya will be attacked by human rights organizations around the world.” Even before the rumors spread in and around Sebha that she had been murdered shortly after being seized, angry members of the Megraha tribe, of which her family are members, had blocked roads and were threatening to cut off the Man-Made River. “She is our daughter,” said Salah Abu Hazam, head of the local council in nearby Gira in Wadi Ashatti. Anoud was kidnapped just 100 meters from the gates of Ruaimi prison in the capital's Ain Zara suburb. She had been held for 10 months at the women's section after she was arrested and charged with traveling to the country using a false passport. She claimed she had come to Libya to visit her father in prison. Last week, Justice Minister Salah Marghani announced she would be released. She was seized when five carloads of masked gunmen ambushed the three-vehicle convoy taking her to the airport to fly to Sebha, where her family lives. Amnesty International said that the abduction raised “serious concerns about Anoud's safety and the Libyan authorities' ability to protect detainees held since the 2011 armed conflict”. It proved that Libya could not organize fair trials for Anoud's father and Saif Al-Islam, the statement implied. — Libya Herald
