Saif Gaddafi ‘wants to be tried in Libya’

The report said his comments were “playing the part for the benefit of
the (Libyan) prosecutor,” who was present in the hour-long meeting.

In the brief interval that the prosecutor left the room, the ICC team asked
him if he was mistreated. Although Gaddafi refused to speak, he made two
telling gestures.

“His attitude changed from relaxed to intense and without saying a word
he waved the hand where two fingers were missing and pointed to a missing
tooth in the upper front” the report released by the ICC said.

The Tripoli government has lodged a formal appeal against the ICC verdict
finding it in breach of international law.

Leading officials said that Tripoli is preparing its own trial for Gaddafi and
has renovated a facility outside Tripoli for the purpose of holding such an
event.

“We will respect the international law but we do have a lot of respect
for our Libyan law and I guarantee you there will be no problem,” Prime
Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib said.

Marek Marczynski, an Amnesty International researcher, said Libya had not
demonstrated the capability to conduct a complex trial and should comply
with the ICC ruling.

“The main thing is not that if the Libyan administration can organise a
courtroom,” he said. “The main thing is the Libyan justice system:
is it able to deliver justice to the highest standard of international law.”

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