International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
(ICC) in The Hague, but will instead be put on trial in his own country by Libyan judges, on charges of financial corruption, murder and rape, the country's justice minister Ali Ashour has said.
Although the ICC says it has jurisdiction in the case and wants Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of thich is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
to hand him over. Mr Ashour said Seif remains in a secret prison in the custody of the Zintan rebels who caught him last year.
The ICC ordered Libya on Wednesday to "comply with its obligations to enforce the warrant of arrest" and surrender Seif al-Islam to the court's custody without delay, and rejected Libya's request to postpone his surrender. Then on Sunady an ICC delegation arrived in Tripoli to discuss the case with the justice ministry.
Ashour also denied allegations by an ICC defence lawyer that Seif was being mistreated and beaten. "He eats with the people who guard him, and he is in good condition," Ashour said.
Pressure is mounting on Libya to hand Seif to the ICC. The court says that a UN Security Council Resolution obliges Libya to cooperate with the court, and Tripoli's failure to hand over Seif al-Islam could result in it being reported to the council. Human rights organizations say the country is unable to give him a fair trial.
The ICC says it has jurisdiction over the case because it issued warrants last year for the arrest of Muammar Qadaffy
... the like of whose wardrobe will never be seen again. At least that's what we hope...
, Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, who was tossed in the slammer last month in Mauritania.
However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
Ashour said on Sunday that there is no intention to hand him Seif over to the ICC, and "Libyan law is the right system to be used to try Seif Qadaffy".