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Libya will not hand Saif al-Islam (Gaddafi) to ICC: justice minister
Source: Reuters
Libya will not hand Saif al-Islam to ICC: justice minister
By Ali Shuaib
TRIPOLI | Sun Apr 8, 2012 12:32pm EDT
(Reuters) - Libya will not send Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the country's former leader, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, but will put him on trial in his own country, Justice Minister Ali Ashour said on Sunday.
Saif al-Islam remains in a secret prison in the custody of the Zintan rebels who caught him last year and will be tried in Libya by Libyan judges on charges of financial corruption, murder and rape, Ashour told Reuters.
Despite the ICC's demands that he be sent to The Hague for trial, "there is no intention to hand him (Saif al-Islam) over to the ICC, and Libyan law is the right system to be used to try Saif Gaddafi," Ashour said.
He denied allegations of mistreatment made by an ICC defense lawyer, who said this week that Saif al-Islam had been beaten and had been misled about the charges against him. "He eats with the people who guard him, and he is in good condition," he said.
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By Ali Shuaib
TRIPOLI | Sun Apr 8, 2012 12:32pm EDT
(Reuters) - Libya will not send Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the country's former leader, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, but will put him on trial in his own country, Justice Minister Ali Ashour said on Sunday.
Saif al-Islam remains in a secret prison in the custody of the Zintan rebels who caught him last year and will be tried in Libya by Libyan judges on charges of financial corruption, murder and rape, Ashour told Reuters.
Despite the ICC's demands that he be sent to The Hague for trial, "there is no intention to hand him (Saif al-Islam) over to the ICC, and Libyan law is the right system to be used to try Saif Gaddafi," Ashour said.
He denied allegations of mistreatment made by an ICC defense lawyer, who said this week that Saif al-Islam had been beaten and had been misled about the charges against him. "He eats with the people who guard him, and he is in good condition," he said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/08/us-libya-icc-minister-idUSBRE8370AM20120408