The federal government has welcomed news Libyan authorities are expected to release Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor on Monday.
A spokesman for Foreign Minister Bob Carr says “all going well” the International Criminal Court lawyer will be released into the custody of Australian officials on Monday night AEST and will board a plane bound for Europe by midnight.
“We welcome the news that she is likely ro be released today,” the spokesman told AAP from New York.
“We thank the Libyan authorities for their cooperation.”
Australia also thanks the wider international community for their help and support, the spokesman said.
Ms Taylor is likely to be taken to Rome before her onward journey to her home in The Hague.
Ms Taylor was detained in the Libyan city of Zintan on June 7 while representing Saif al-Islam, the son of the former Libyan dictator.
Libyan officials said she was found carrying documents for Saif that were judged a threat to national security.
Senator Carr has lobbied hard for her release, even visiting the Libyan capital Tripoli last month to press her case.
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