Urgent Appeal - Sheik Khaled Tantoush - Tortured in Libya

Alexandra Valiente and Franklin Lamb
ibya 360°

URGENT APPEAL FOR THE LIFE OF SHEIK KHALED TANTOUSH who was captured in his hometown of Sirte by the Military Brigade in Misrata.  The same brigade that ruthlessly executed Muammar Qadhafi.  A revered Religious Leader whose only crime, supporting a different political view than those of his captures.  Sheik Khalid Spoke out against NATO's agression in Libya.

Franklin recalls that Sheik Khaled was one of the most popular TV religious figures and appeared often, maybe three times per week on his or others programs and attended loyalist political events. He was very accessible to everyone. He gave me his written testimony on the Brega bombing.

One thing I will not forget about him is that during Ramadan, being a well connected religious leader, his mosque would distribute food. When I told him of one large family with four girls and three boys and no father who needed help, he immediately dispatched an aid to take the family 500 Libyan dinars to buy food for the family iftars. This person advised me that the Gadhafi regime had an elaborate network of distributing cash grants and food to needy families and Sheik Khaled was part of the organization that accomplished this.

This video of him being tortured is what everyone is subjected to when they are questioned. Of course we have no idea what Sheik Khaled has been subjected to since or before it was taken. In the video his tormentors are playing one of his sermons in the background and ridiculing his pro-Gadhafi theme.

Sheik Khaled Tantoush presided over the funeral and burial of Muammar Gaddafi, Mu’tassim Gaddafi and Abu Bakr Younis, which can be viewed here.

He was was abducted from his home in Sirte and is being held prisoner in Misratah where he is subjected to daily torture. He is at immanent risk of execution.

Dr. Lamb will attempt to visit him in prison and will provide more details soon.

Please check the following link for updates
011/11/26/iman-abducted-and-tortured-in-misratah/

On behalf of Sheik Khaled antoush and his family,

We implore readers to assist us in saving this mans life.  Please sign this petition to World Leaders and Organizations that have the power to make a difference, reminding them of their duty to honor and uphold these laws.  .  

THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 



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