Libya to try Gaddafi son in August

By Admin on June 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

The trial of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi ‘s son , his spy chief and his last prime minister will take place in August , a top Libyan official has announced.

Al- Seddik al-Sur of the state prosecutor ‘s office told reporters on Monday that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Abdullah al- Senoussi and ex-premier al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, along with ex-spokesman Milad Daman, will be tried for crimes committed during Gaddafi’s 42- year rule and during the eight -month civil war that deposed him.

Last week Libya appealed the International Criminal Court’s order to try Saif al-Islam in The Hague.

Libya also asked for suspension of its order to him over to the ICC .

Saif al- Islam is being held by a militia in the Libyan town of Zintan.

ICC judges ruled that Libya will not be able to give Saif al-Islam a fair trial .

With no national army or police in place since the fall of Gadhafi’ s regime, successive governments have been too weak to either secure Saif al- Islam’s imprisonment in the capital , Tripoli , or put pressure on his captors to hand him over to the government .

Gaddafi’ s son is also being tried on separate charges of harming state security .

Source: aljazeera.com