Libya: Militia must release Iranian Red Crescent members

Headline Title: Libya: Militia must release Iranian Red Crescent members 01 August 2012 Armed militiamen in Libya must immediately and unconditionally release seven Iranian Red Crescent members, whose abduction Amnesty International has called “deeply worrying”. At 1am on Tuesday, the delegation was intercepted on a road in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi and driven away by a group of unidentified armed men, who did not present an arrest warrant. The exact fate and whereabouts of the seven Iranian Red Crescent members remain unknown. Their Libyan driver was left untouched and…

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