Mustafa Abdeljalil

Justice Minister

Secretary of the General People´s Committee for Justice

Secretariat of the General People´s Committee for Justice

Tripoli

Libya

Your Excellency,

Fathi el-Jahmi, a trained civil engineer, has been detained since March 2004 after he criticized Libyan leader Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi and called for political reforms during interviews with international media.

Since July 2007, Fathi el-Jahmi has been kept in custody at the Tripoli Medical Centre. He suffers from heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Security officers refuse to return his passport and keep his family under close surveillance.

I am deeply concerned about Fathi el-Jahmi and call for his immediate and unconditional release.

I also urge the authorities to return his passport and ensure that he can seek medical treatment of his own choice in Libya or abroad.

Yours sincerely

____________________________