Former Libyan prime minister al-Mahmoudi, who is being detained in Tunisia, has started a hunger strike.
Baghdad al-Mahmoudi started a hunger strike in protest against his possible extradition to Libya, where he could face the death penalty.
Al-Mahmoudi's lawyer Mabrouk Kourchid said the former number 2 of Gaddafi's regime started his protest on Saturday in protest against Tunisian premier Hamadi Jebali's statement that he doesn't want to turn his country into "a shelter for those who may threaten Libya's security".
Al-Mahmoudi has been detained in Tunisia since September 2011, when he was arrested there.
Tripoli has called for his extradition twice, but Tunisia's former President Fouad Mebazaa never signed an extradition decree. Al-Mahmoudi's successor, Moncef Marzouki, said he would not authorize the extradition, unless the former premier was guaranteed a fair trial in Libya.
Source: AGI News, May 21, 2012
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