“It is common knowledge that 83 political prisoners have been sentenced...

"It is common knowledge that 83 political prisoners have been sentenced to face various penalties in Libya. Among them are two universities intellectuals, Professor Saleem Abu Hanah and Abdullah Ahmed Izzedin, who both received death sentence.
The remaining 81 prisoners of conscience received sentences ranging from 10 years to life imprisonment. They are reportedly being held incommunicado, tortured and denied access to their lawyers.
We of the Muslim Right Concern (MURIC), a Nigeria-based Muslim rights organisation, view these sentences as gross abuse of the fundamental and Allah-given rights of these Libyan citizens….
MURIC therefore calls for a retrial of all the accused persons in an open court; and will regard the execution of the two professors, if carried out, as cold-blooded murder”.