Libya's most-wanted man, former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi

Libya's most-wanted man, former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, was extradited from Mauritania to Libya, where he is expected to be tried for various major crimes such as terrorism, murder and kidnapping. In March 2012, al-Senussi was arrested in Nouakchott and eventually charged with illegal entry to Mauritania and the use of forged documents. Mauritanian authorities were initially reluctant to return al-Senussi, saying he would have to face the minor charges facing him in Mauritania first. Al-Senussi is now being held in the small maximum security Hudba al-Gassi prison in Tripoli, where many former members of the Qaddafi regime are being held. Al-Senussi, who faces the death penalty if convicted, is rumored to have been tortured on his arrival in Tripoli and to have attempted suicide while in Hudba al-Gassi, but these allegations were denied by the man responsible for keeping him behind bars, Khalid al-Sharif, a former member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) and now the head of Libya's National Guard. Al-Senussi was charged by the International Criminal Court with crimes against humanity in June 2011, but is expected to face similar charges in Libya rather than be extradited to The Hague. Al-Senussi is described as the primary defendant in the case surrounding the massacre of over 1,200 Libyan Islamists in Abu Salim prison in 1996.