FILE-SAIF AL-ISLAM PROFILE Libya court to rule on Gaddafi's son Saif, former officials

Record ID: 146168

  • Title: FILE-SAIF AL-ISLAM PROFILE Libya court to rule on Gaddafi's son Saif, former officials
  • Date: 28th July 2015
  • Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (FILE - AUGUST 23, 2011) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CROWD OF GADDAFI SUPPORTERS CHANTING AND WAVING GUNS SAIF AL-ISLAM STANDING IN OPEN DOOR OF VEHICLE SMILING AND WAVING FISTS IN THE AIR CROWD OF GADDAFI SUPPORTERS CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SAIF AL-ISLAM ADDRESSING SUPPORTERS, SAYING: "As we agreed, we arm ourselves
  • Embargoed: 12th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5S27QYXW5H97DHNX9DFRKX3JT
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  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL
    A Libyan court will rule on Tuesday (July 28) on a son of Muammar Gaddafi and 36 other former regime officials accused of war crimes and suppressing peaceful protests during the 2011 revolution, a state prosecutor said in early June.
    Saif al-Islam, the most high-profile of Gaddafi's seven sons, has been on trial together with former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi. Any verdict on Saif would be in absentia since he has been held since 2011 by a former rebel group in Zintan that opposes the Tripoli government.
    Others in the dock include Gaddafi-era prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, former foreign minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi and ex-intelligence chief Buzeid Dorda. They also face corruption and other charges.
    The trial had started in April 2014 before fighting between rival factions in Tripoli ripped Libya apart in a power struggle which has produced two governments competing for authority.
    It takes place in Tripoli which is controlled by a rival government set up after an armed faction called Libya Dawn seized the capital in August, expelling the official premier to the east.
    The struggle has worsened chaos in the oil producer which has struggled to establish basic institutions since Gaddafi's four-decade one-man rule ended in 2011.
    The International Criminal Court and other human rights organizations worry about the fairness of Libya's justice system although the North African country won the right in 2013 to try Gaddafi's former spy chief at home instead of at the ICC in The Hague.
    Saif had appeared by video link in sessions at the start of trial but not later on.
    The Zintanis have refused to hand him over, saying they do not trust Tripoli to ensure he won't escape, but had agreed before the trial to have him tried in a court there.
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