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| Libya Puts Back Trial of Gadhafi Regime Members |
| 2014-05-26 |
| [An Nahar] A Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which 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... court ordered a fresh delay Sunday in the trial of 40 top figures from late strongman Muammar Qadaffy ...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland... 's regime, including his son Seif al-Islam, as spiraling lawlessness grips Libya. "The prosecution demanded that the trial be delayed to June 22 to prepare the indictment," defense lawyer Ali Dhabaa told Agence La Belle France Presse at the end of a two-hour hearing. The defense had also requested a new delay in the trial and demanded access to the accused, who also include Qadaffy's former spy chief Abdullah Senussi. They have been charged over their roles in suppressing the 2011 uprising that eventually toppled Qadaffy's regime. All the defendants are accused of murder, kidnapping, complicity in incitement to rape, plunder, sabotage, embezzlement of public funds and acts harmful to national unity. Seif, 41, appeared on May 11 by video link in the Tripoli court from Zintan, where he has been held since his capture by rebels in November 2011. He currently has no lawyer, with the one previously assigned to him absent on Sunday and the court announcing that another lawyer would be appointed. |
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