Libyan authorities have released Gaddafi's internal security chief, Abdullah Mansour, after nine years of imprisonment.
The release of one of Gaddafi's inner circles was announced officially by the Presidential Council and Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Sunday.
"February came only to achieve justice and lift oppression," Dbeibah said as he thanked the relevant authorities for responding to the calls for Mansour's release.
The former security official has been charged with killing and suppressing demonstrators during the 2011 uprising, as well as besieging cities and villages that opposed the former regime and practicing torture against prisoners of conscience.
Local media said he was released from prison for health reasons.
Images circulating online showed Mansour boarding a plane at Mitiga Airport in the presence of senior figures from Dbeibah's government.
In 2011, the 67-year-old fled to Niger as rebels took control of Tripoli.
From his place of exile, Mansour worked to mobilize pro-Gaddafi forces in the south, forcing the host country to hand him over to the new authorities in Tripoli for violating the asylum rules as stated by the Nigerien government.
Besides his security tasks, Mansour served as secretary and advisor to Gaddafi and headed the state-run radio broadcasting and television.
