Delivered Into Enemy Hands - Human Rights Watch

Di’iki was detained in solitary confinement at Tajoura until May 2005. Then he was taken to
Ain Zara, where he remained for 13 months. Then around June 2006 he was moved to Abu
Salim, where he remained for the duration of his detention. He was not physically abused
while in detention in Libya. While detained in Ain Zara, he saw his wife for the first time
since his return. Following that visit he had no family contact for about two years. When he
was moved to Abu Salim in 2009, however, the visits became more regular.
After being detained without trial for years, Di’iki was charged with attempting to overthrow
the government and, after a summary trial, was sentenced to life in prison. He was
released on February 16, 2011 when the uprisings against Gaddafi began but was arrested
again on June 18, 2011 and held until Tripoli fell to rebel forces on August 24, 2011. He said
this last period of detention was the worst he experienced in Libya. He was beaten repeatedly.
A man came and broke a broom over his head, and he was forced to be naked. He
was in a cell with three other prisoners that was smaller than 2 x 2 meters, including the
toilet. Human Rights Watch did not find out when he was finally released. Now Di’iki works
with Khalid al-Sharif at the Libyan National Guard. Both he and Sharif are in charge of
security at facilities holding high value detainees (mostly officials of the former Gaddafi
government) in Libyan government custody.
One of the Tripoli Documents, found in the folder marked “USA” and containing a number
of faxes apparently from the CIA, mentions Di’iki in the context of an offer to transfer his
supposed deputy, “Mustafa Salim Ali Moderi Tarabulsi, aka Shaykh Musa” to Libya.
Mustafa Salim Ali Moderi Tarabulsi or Shaykh Musa’s real name is Mustafa Salim Ali el-
Madaghi. Human Rights Watch interviewed Madaghi for this report as well. 234 The document
where he and Di’iki are mentioned is dated April 15, 2004 (see below). It appears to
have been sent by the CIA to Libyan security. 235
By then Di’iki had already been picked up in Mauritania, moved to Morocco, and was being
detained in the first location in Afghanistan.
234 Human Right Watch in interview with Madaghi, Tripoli, Libya, March 26, 2012.
235 Pasted here but see also Tripoli Documents 2142.
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