Gadhafi鈥檚 son among 9 sentenced to death
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A Libyan court yesterday sentenced Moammar Gadhafi鈥檚 most prominent son, Seif al-Islam, and eight others to death for war crimes, including killings of protesters during the 2011 revolution that ended his father鈥檚 rule.
The former Gadhafi regime officials sentenced to die by firing squad included former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi and ex-prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, Sadiq al-Sur, state prosecutor鈥檚 office chief investigator, said in Tripoli.
The trial outcome drew swift criticism abroad, with Human Rights Watch and a prominent international lawyer saying it was riddled with legal flaws and carried out amid widespread lawlessness undermining the credibility of the judiciary.
Eight ex-officials received life sentences and seven jail terms of 12 years each, Sadiq said. Four of the 37 defendants were acquitted, others got shorter jail terms.
Moammar Gadhafi himself was killed by rebels who captured him after months on the run.
Sadiq did not spell out the charges on which the verdict was based, referring to the expected written ruling. Defendants had been accused of a range of offenses, including the use of deadly force against unarmed demonstrators, as well as corruption.
The verdict on Seif al-Islam was passed in absentia in Tripoli since he has been held since 2011 by a former rebel group in the mountainous Zintan region beyond central government control. Factional disorder and conflict now plagues Libya.
Seif appeared by video link only at the start of the trial.
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