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July 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The parents of Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor say they’re “drained but happy” following their daughter’s release from Libyan custody.
Ms Taylor, who was held in the Libyan town of Zintan since June 7, was released to Australian ambassador David Ritche at 1am (AEST) on Tuesday.
She travelled to The Hague and was reunited with her husband Geoff and daughter Yasmina later on Tuesday.
“They were just so excited,” Ms Taylor’s mother Janelle told ABC TV on Tuesday.
“Yasmina had taken her mother some pink and orange flowers.
“Geoff just wanted to get her out of the airport and home as quickly as possible.”
Ms Taylor’s parents spoke to their daughter on Skype and on the phone on Tuesday and said she was coping very well.
“She looks good and she said she feels okay,” Janelle said.
Ms Taylor was one of four International Criminal Court (ICC) officials detained on June 7 while helping to prepare the legal defence of Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
She was accused of carrying a pen camera and attempting to give Saif a coded letter from his former right-hand man, Mohammed Ismail, one of Libya’s most wanted men.
The detention – despite the legal team’s diplomatic immunity – sparked weeks of intensive negotiations between Australia, Libya and the ICC.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr even took the extraordinary step of travelling to Tripoli to press Ms Taylor’s case with the Libyan government.
Janelle thanked Senator Carr for his “marvellous job” in pressing for Ms Taylor’s release.
“Melinda’s only just realising what sort of work Bob Carr has done for her,” she said.
“She intends to give him a ring tomorrow to thank him personally.”
Ms Taylor’s father John described the ordeal as “surreal”.
“I feel drained but happy at the same time,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to go through this again but nor would Melinda, I’m sure.”
Ms Taylor will now receive counselling from the ICC and will also have to write a report on her trip to Libya.
The ICC has promised to investigate the allegations against its staff working on the Libyan case.
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