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April 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
After stalling on bringing more serious charges such as murder, the Libyans
were said to be pursing evidence for capital crimes but are refusing to
contemplate sending him overseas.
Reed Brody, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, said Libya’s determination to
put Saif, 39, on trial had jeopardised efforts to bring Col Gaddafi’s heir
apparent to justice.
The captured former London School of Economics graduate, who has lost two
fingers and a thumb tip in a revenge attack by his gaolers, should be handed
over to The Hague.
“The Libyan authorities have a clear obligation under UN Security Council
resolution 1970 to surrender Saif,” he said. “Trial at the ICC is
a last resort but the ability of the Libyans to be able to do complex
criminal trials of this sort is not present in the chaotic current
circumstances.
“The charges being pursued by Saif are relatively minor but need to be
the most serious under international law otherwise they will squander this
important opportunity to bring him to justice.
Lawyers appointed to handle Saif’s defence demanded Tripoli abandon its plans
to try Saif.
“At no point have the Libyan authorities been legally justified in their
failure to surrender him to the ICC,” lawyers Xavier-Jean Keita and
Melinda Taylor said. “The brutal death of Muammar Gaddafi deprived the
Libyan people of their right to justice, and their right to the truth. It
would be a travesty for the prospects of a free and fair Libyan state if the
same were to occur to his son.”
Mr Keita added that Mr Gaddafi had been “physically assaulted” while in
detention.
Amnesty International added its voice to the chorus of criticism of the
failure to hand over Saif.
“This clear ruling by the ICC judges should effectively bring an end to
the long-running saga over the fate of Saif al-Islam,” said Marek
Marczyński, its head of justice said:
“Libya must act on the ICC’s decision and surrender Saif al-Islam without
further delay.
The Hague-based court ordered Tripoli to “comply with its obligations to
enforce the warrant of arrest” and surrender him into the court’s
custody without delay.
In a written ruling judges at the court rejected a request by Libya to
postpone handing over Saif and urged the country’s rulers to “proceed
immediately with the surrender.”
But the issue is further complicated by the refusal of militias in Zintan, a
mountain region where he has been held since his capture last year, to hand
over Saif to the national government in Tripoli.
The new government has set aside a purpose-built prison the size of a mansion
to hold Saif in solitary confinement until a verdict is reached.
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