Saif al-Islam Gaddafi faces trial in Libya

Source: The Guardian

Libya will put deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son on trial, defying a demand by the International Criminal Court, the Libyan representative to the Hague court said on Monday.

Ahmed al-Jehani said the trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will begin next month. One possible venue is Zintan, a town in the western mountains, where he is being held.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was considered his father's political heir. The ICC issued an arrest warrant and demanded to try him on war crimes. Libya has argued that its new regime should try him.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was captured last year by a militia from Zintan, where he has been held ever since.

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