BEIRUT (AP) – A son of Libya’s leader Moammar Gadhafi is suffering deteriorating health during the second week of a hunger strike to protest his detention in Beirut without trial, his lawyer said on Friday.
Hannibal Gadhafi is only drinking small amounts of water, his lawyer Paul Romanos said, adding that his client is suffering from weakness and muscle pains.
“Had it not been for his solid will, he would not have been able to continue,” Romanos said about Hannibal Gadhafi.
He added that a doctor is doing a daily checkups for the detainee, who has been also suffering from back pain that turned out to be an inflammation in the spine. Romanos said earlier this month that the back pain is due to being held in a small room where he cannot move freely or exercise.
Hannibal Gadhafi has been detained in Lebanon since 2015 after he was briefly kidnapped from neighbouring Syria, where he had been living as a political refugee.
