Delivered Into Enemy Hands - Human Rights Watch

change. 322 In February 2011 the uprisings against Gaddafi began and Belhadj played a
significant role, particularly in the capture of Tripoli. 323 He then became part of the transi-
tional government’s Tripoli Military Council, but stepped down to take part in elections in
Libya on July 7, 2012. Belhadj ran as a candidate under the Islamist political party Hizb al-
Watan which, although initially popular, did not do as well as expected. 324 They lost to the
liberal National Forces Coalition party headed by Mahmoud Jibril. 325
“Corrective Studies in Understanding Jihad Accountability and the Judgment of the People,” in which they renounced the use
of force to achieve political aims. Saadi and Sharif were both interviewed for this report (see below); See also a text of
selected translations of “Corrective Studies in Understanding Jihad, Accountability and the Judgment of People” in
Mohammed Ali Musawi, “Selected Translation of the LIFG Recantation Document,” Quilliam 2009,
http://www.solami.com/jihadstudy.pdf (accessed June 19, 2012); See also, “Watch Libyan rendition victim Abdel Hakim
Belhadj talk to the European Parliament,” Reprieve.com.
322 Human Rights Watch Interview with Belhadj, Tripoli, Libya, March 28, 2012.
323 Rod Nordland, “In Libya, Former Enemy Is Recast in Role of Ally,” New York Times, September 1, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/world/africa/02islamist.html?pagewanted=all (accessed August 27, 2012).
324 Aymehn Jawad al-Tamimi, “Rethinking Libya,” The American Spectator.
325 Ibid.
101 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | SEPTEMBER 2012