A Lebanese judge ordered the release of Hannibal Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gadhafi, on the condition that he post an $11 million bail—a demand his lawyers intend to contest.

Hannibal has spent ten years in a Beirut detention cell without ever being formally charged or tried, a situation his defense team has already brought before a Swiss court.

The bail stipulation, coupled with a two‑month travel ban, underscores the paradox of a man freed only after paying a prohibitive sum despite having never faced a trial.

His lawyers argue the amount is “almost impossible” to meet and plan an appeal to have the bail abolished. The case stems from his 2015 abduction by Lebanese militants seeking information on the missing Shiite cleric Moussa al‑Sadr, a matter that has lingered unresolved for years.

So, Hannibal Gadhafi was abducted and put in jail for a decade without a charge, but he is the bad guy….

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