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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 12:49 PM Jan 2013

Gaddafi's son appears in Libyan court for first time

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam appeared in a court on Thursday for the first time since his capture more than a year ago, Libya's public prosecutor's office said.

The son of the former Libyan leader was in court in the western town of Zintan, where he is being held by former rebels, to face charges related to a visit by an International Criminal Court (ICC) lawyer last year.

"He is charged with involvement with the ICC delegation which is accused of carrying papers and other things related to the security of the Libyan state," Taha Baara, spokesman for the prosecutor, told Reuters.

The ICC lawyer, Australian Melinda Taylor, was herself arrested and held for three weeks after the meeting and has since said her detention proved that Saif al-Islam could not receive a fair trial for war crimes and instead should be tried in The Hague.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/17/uk-libya-gaddafi-idUKBRE90G0QS20130117

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Gaddafi's son appears in Libyan court for first time (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jan 2013 OP
I'm surprised he's still alive. Let the circus begin. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #1
Barely, from the looks of it. closeupready Jan 2013 #2
 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
2. Barely, from the looks of it.
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:12 PM
Jan 2013


And you know, I don't wish bad on anyone as a matter of principle, but you gotta wonder if maybe he's rethinking his whole idea of what constitutes "fun".
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