Relatives of Ukrainians seized in Libya ask for help  

    
    KIEV, September 13 (Itar-Tass) - Relatives of the Ukrainians, whom the
Libyan rebels took prisoner August 21, have asked for help, the press
service of Ukraine's ombudswoman for human rights Nina Karpacheva said.
    It said an appeal for help came from three women living in the
southern city of Kherson. Their husbands are among this country's
nationals seized by the forces reporting to the Transitional National
Council.
    The applicants said in the appeal their relatives and other Ukrainians
under arrest now had come to Tripoli in early July to work under a
contract with the Dakar oil and gas ./';company and to fill the positions
of builders, engineers and oil workers.
    The new Libyan authorities are keeping them locked on the compound of
the company's dormitory but no official charges against or demands to them
have been made.
    The women who sent the appeal to Karpacheva complain over the absence
of action on the part of Ukraine's governmental agencies and ask her to
step into the efforts to resolve the situation dangerous for their
husbands.
    Karpacheva, on her part, has issued a request to the Foreign Ministry
to provide the necessary legal assistance to the captured Ukrainians and
to ensure a duly observance of their rights and freedom by the Libyans.
    Also, she has asked the Libyan ambassador to Ukraine, Faisal al-Shari for an urgent meeting to discuss the situation.