Rights group says most Tunisians held at Libyan checkpoint released, two still held

Mostafa Abdelkebir, head of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights, said most Tunisians detained at a checkpoint in Libya's Zelten area, their passports confiscated, have been released, but two remain held, apparently to pressure Tunisian authorities into releasing a Libyan national held in Tunisia on an unrelated matter. He said the two Tunisians have no connection to that Libyan's case and called for their immediate, unconditional release.

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