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Thursday 7 July 2016

Colonel Gaddafi's Son Saif al-Islam Walks Free From Prison Just One Year After He Was Sentenced To Death by a Tripoli Court For War Crimes

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan, Libya in May. He has been sentenced to death by the court


Colonel Gaddafi's son has been released from prison after just four years having been sentenced to death last year. 
The lawyers of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Lybian leader Muammar Gaddafi, have said their client has been released from prison.
A court in Tripoli had given him the death penalty last year for ordering troops to fire at civilian targets, recruiting militia units, and inciting rape and murder during the Libyan civil war after he was caught trying to flee the country by a rebel militants.


Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan May 15, 2014

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan May 15, 2014


Gaddafi's lawyer Karim Khan told France 24: 'He is well and safe and in Libya,'.
He revealed his client had been set free back on April 12, though the news had not been made public until now.
Despite still being wanted by the International Crime Court in The Hague, Khan suggested that Gaddafi did not face any future charges. 
They say he was let go 'in accordance with Libyan law,' and any repeat trial would constitute double jeopardy.
Saif al-Islam, son of the late former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, sits after his capture, with his fingers wrapped in bandages and his legs covered with a blanket, at an undisclosed location, in this photograph aired on Free Libya TV on November 19, 2011
Saif al-Islam, son of the late former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, sits after his capture, with his fingers wrapped in bandages and his legs covered with a blanket, at an undisclosed location, in this photograph aired on Free Libya TV on November 19, 2011

'It is prohibited to try an individual twice for the same offense,' he said.
He had been sentenced to death in absentia after he was found guilty of committing war crimes in the Libyan Civil War in July last year.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was being held by a former rebel group in the Libyan town of Zintan after he attempted to cross the desert into neighbouring Niger.
He spoke to the court via a video link after his captors refused to allow him to leave Zintan and attend the trial in Tripoli.
Gaddafi and eight other associates were sentenced to death by firing squad after being found guilty of ordering the brutal suppression of demonstrations during the bloody uprising.
Former aides to Colonel Gaddafi await their sentence for crimes during the 2011 uprising in Libya 
Former aides to Colonel Gaddafi await their sentence for crimes during the 2011 uprising in Libya 


1 comment:

  1. Libya is a failed state status now,and a mutant viral contagion infecting everywhere.

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