ICC calls for Gaddafi’s arrest

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has requested that an arrest warrant be issued for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 18.05.2011.

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International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has requested that an arrest warrant be issued for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Libyan government has rejected the request. ICC calls for Gaddafi’s arrest The prosecutor has also called for an arrest of Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and head of the country’s intelligence service Abdullah Sanussi for “widespread systematic attacks on civilians”. Even though it used to take months and years for the official investigation to determine violation of human rights, things went quickly in Gaddafi’s case. The International Criminal Court prosecutor is convinced that there is a basis for the indictment considering that between 500 and 700 people were killed in February only. The Libyan authorities have immediately rejected his request, pointing out that it was based on unreliable information. The Libyan officials have pointed out that they never ordered killings of civilians or hired mercenaries to fight against their people and said that the rebels are those who took the weapons and called on combatants from several other nations to join them. Some analysts think that Gaddafi has been hastily accused because the conflicts are still underway in Libya, while investigators point out that it is a strong signal, although it is unclear so far whether the indictment against the Libyan leader will be formally raised. Muammar Gaddafi

ICC calls for Gaddafi’s arrest

The prosecutor has also called for an arrest of Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and head of the country’s intelligence service Abdullah Sanussi for “widespread systematic attacks on civilians”.

Even though it used to take months and years for the official investigation to determine violation of human rights, things went quickly in Gaddafi’s case.

The International Criminal Court prosecutor is convinced that there is a basis for the indictment considering that between 500 and 700 people were killed in February only.

The Libyan authorities have immediately rejected his request, pointing out that it was based on unreliable information.

The Libyan officials have pointed out that they never ordered killings of civilians or hired mercenaries to fight against their people and said that the rebels are those who took the weapons and called on combatants from several other nations to join them.

Some analysts think that Gaddafi has been hastily accused because the conflicts are still underway in Libya, while investigators point out that it is a strong signal, although it is unclear so far whether the indictment against the Libyan leader will be formally raised.

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