Karim Khan who represents Mahmoudi in his continuing bid to have his case considered by the
International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
, said he is seeking assurances from the 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...
authorities that his client is safe.
"We have received the latest news of imminent executions with obvious alarm and deep concern. We are trying to investigate whether these stories are accurate and whether the authorities in Tripoli have indeed decided to execute Dr Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi and others," said Khan. "Execution without due process is murder and nothing less."
In July, Mahmoudi and other former Qadaffy-era officials, including former intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, were sentenced to death by a court sitting in Hadba prison in Tripoli.
Officials of the internationally-recognised government, operating in Beida, says it does not legitimise the Tripoli proceedings, noting the city and court are controlled by Libya Dawn
...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar...
militias.
Media reports from Tripoli also mention the possibility of an execution on Thursday, although when the original death sentences were announced in Tripoli, it was specified that a higher court had to confirm to them, and also that there could first be an appeal against the sentences.
The news comes as a military court run by militias in Misrata, also part of Libya Dawn, announced that a cousin of Qadaffy, Said Qaddaf Al-Dam, had been found not guilty of a charge of exploiting state armed forces for political aims.
He is the cousin of Ahmed Qaddaf Al-Dam, who fled Libya in the 2011 uprising and who is now resident in Egypt.