two British businessmen held in brutal Libyan prison

Two British businessmen have been held in Libya's notoriously brutal prison system for more than three weeks, the family of one of the men said on Thursday.

Amnesty International has documented 30 disappearances in Libya since the uprising began Photo: REUTERS
By Damien McElroy, Valletta 12:16AM BST 08 Apr 2011
Asma Ghoneim, the wife of Zeyad Ramadan, 39, said he and his brother Ghazi, 40, were seized in a Tripoli flat where they stayed on business trips to Tripoli.
"Its very important that every knows they were not political. They were business on a regular trip to Libya," she said. "I appeal to the Libyan government to look into this. My husband was a diabetic and needs daily medicine. I am very worried about him." The Leeds-born brothers provided software to Libya's mobile phone companies.
Witnesses reported that state security agents burst into the flat on March 19. After several hours of questioning, the Ramadans and two Libyan visitors were lead away.
One of the Libyan men has been named as Khaled Sury, a father of four.
The other man hasn't been named.

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