Fathi El-Jahmi Libya’s most prominent advocate of democracy and respect of human rights, died in suspicious conditions on May 21, 2009, after the Libyan Government had hastily evacuated him to Amman, Jordan.

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The ostensible reason for his evacuation to Jordan officially was for "emergency medical care”,as he was reportedly in a semi-conscious or comatose state and breathing on a ventilator.

A score of human rights organisations had repeatedly requested the Libyan Government to allow Mr. El-Jahmi to be transferred to a properly equipped medical centre but that the authorities had always denied Mr. El-Jahmi the right to be granted medical care by independent physicians.

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