Gaddafi sons due to stand trial in Libya

April 14, 2014 08:26

Top figures from ousted dictator Moamer Gaddafi's regime, including two of his sons, are due to stand trial today over abuses committed during Libya's uprising which toppled him.

The hearing is likely to be postponed for a second time, however, an official in the state prosecutor's office said.

He said the court still had to decide whether some defendants being held outside Tripoli, where the trial is to take place, can appear via videolink.

Rights groups have voiced doubts whether the Libyan judiciary can guarantee fair trials for officials from the Gaddafi regime, which was overthrown in October 2011.

Highlighting the lawlessness of post-Gaddafi Libya, interim premier Abdullah al-Thani announced that he was resigning after he and his family had been targeted in an armed attack, less than a week after parliament tapped him to form a new cabinet.

Seif al-Islam, a son of Gaddafi and his heir apparent, is to stand trial along with 30 others, including former intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi and Gaddafi's last premier, Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi.

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