shared 
A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Justice is expected to travel to Beirut to revive a 2014 memorandum of understanding regarding judicial cooperation between the two countries
An unnamed Lebanese judicial official said the delegates will meet with officials from the Lebanese Justice Ministry as well as members the committee overseeing the case of Hannibal Gaddafi.
The official denounced as “biased and one-sided” a recent Human Rights Watch report claiming that the son of former Libyan leader had been held on “spurious charges.”
The Lebanese judicial official went on to argue that the HRW report was based solely on “information obtained from Hannibal Gaddafi’s defense team.”
Hannibal Gaddafi is “detained in a purely judicial matter,” the official continued, stressing that he was responsible for prisons during his father’s rule, “including the one in which the imam was held.”
Back in August last year, Beirut also received a letter from Libyan authorities demanding Gaddafi’s release.
Lebanese judicial officials have, however, stated that he would not be freed before Tripoli revealed information about Sadr’s disappearance.
Since Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011, Lebanon and Iran have repeatedly called on the Libyan government to launch an investigation into Sadr’s disappearance.
In August 2016, Sadr’s family filed a lawsuit against Gaddafi over his role in the disappearance of the senior Shia cleric.
Situation Assessment – Hannibal Gaddafi…The Forgotten Figure and the Victim in a Web of Blame Exchange