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Hand over Gaddafi son, international criminal court tells Libya
Source: Associated Press
Hand over Gaddafi son, international criminal court tells Libya
Tribunal in The Hague calls on Libyan authorities to deliver Saif
al-Islam Gaddafi rather than hold their own trial
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 April 2012 04.10 BST
The international criminal court has told Libyan authorities to surrender former dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is wanted in The Hague for crimes against humanity.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was arrested in November by rebel fighters in Libya's remote southern desert while trying to flee to neighbouring Niger and has been held largely incommunicado since then.
He was indicted in June along with his father and the Gaddafi regime's intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senoussi, for killing and persecuting civilians in the early days of the uprising that eventually brought down Gaddafi's four-decade-long dictatorship.
Libyan authorities say they plan to put Saif on trial and despite requests from The Hague have so far taken no action to hand him over.
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Tribunal in The Hague calls on Libyan authorities to deliver Saif
al-Islam Gaddafi rather than hold their own trial
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 April 2012 04.10 BST
The international criminal court has told Libyan authorities to surrender former dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is wanted in The Hague for crimes against humanity.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was arrested in November by rebel fighters in Libya's remote southern desert while trying to flee to neighbouring Niger and has been held largely incommunicado since then.
He was indicted in June along with his father and the Gaddafi regime's intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senoussi, for killing and persecuting civilians in the early days of the uprising that eventually brought down Gaddafi's four-decade-long dictatorship.
Libyan authorities say they plan to put Saif on trial and despite requests from The Hague have so far taken no action to hand him over.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/05/gaddafi-son-international-criminal-court