Ahmed al-Senussi

Ahmed al-Senussi

Ahmed al-Senussi (also known as Ahmed Al-Zubair Al-Senussi ) (* 1933 ) is a Libyan nobleman and politician. Since the civil war in Libya (2011) he had a seat on the National Transitional Council of the rebels.

origin

Ahmed al-Senussi is a relative of Idris I and thus a member of the former royal family of Libya . His grandfather Ahmad al-Sharif led the revolution against the Italians and rode against the British in World War I.

biography

In 1961, Ahmed al-Senussi married Fatilah, who died while in custody.

In 1970, a year after Gaddafi came to power, he planned a coup with officers, civil servants and politicians . In August 1970 Ahmed Al-Senussi was arrested and sentenced to death. From 1972 to 1981 Al-Senussi spent as a death row inmate in solitary confinement without visiting rights. During the first two years of his detention, Colonel Mufta Ahmed Rashid tortured him and lost his toes in the process.

In 1981 other prisoners besides Major Omar El-Hariri were also taken to his cell; they were tortured again. In 1984 Al-Senussi was transferred to the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli . In 1988 the death sentence was commuted to prison. Ahmed al-Senussi was again allowed to receive visitors and learned of the death of his wife. In 2001, Ahmed al-Senussi was pardoned and released on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of Gaddafi's rise to power . When he returned to Benghazi , he was received by thousands.

Since the civil war in Libya in 2011, Ahmed al-Senussi has had a seat on the rebel transitional council , where he is the representative of political prisoners.

The European Parliament awarded him along with other activists of the Arab Spring, the Sakharov Prize 2011th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jonathan Gross: Gaddafi victim Al-Senussi: "God decides what happens to you" . In: Spiegel Online , March 13, 2011, accessed September 26, 2011.
2. ^ The time after: Who will come when Gaddafi leaves? Der Standard, August 25, 2011, accessed November 22, 2011 . 
3. ↑ European Parliament: Arab Spring activists receive Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 22, 2011