Swiss businessman held in Libya on politically motivated charges

Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 Max Goeldi, who began serving a four month prison sentence this week, is thought to be a pawn in a diplomatic row between the two countries. Amnesty International has called on the Libyan authorities to immediately release a Swiss businessman convicted of politically motivated immigration charges and to lift a travel ban imposed on him as a diplomatic row between the two countries continued. Max Goeldi left the Swiss embassy in Tripoli on Monday to begin serving a four month prison sentence for breaching immigration regulations. The move comes…

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