Libya: Hague Judges To Decide on Gaddafi Arrest Warrant

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President Jacob Zuma and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
27 June 2011
allAfrica.com

Judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague will today announce whether they will order the arrest of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, one of his sons and his intelligence chief on charges of crimes against humanity.

Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo accuses Gaddafi claims that Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi ordered mass rapes and gave troops Viagra-type drugs to encourage sex attacks, opening fire on demonstrators, shelling funeral processions and using snipers to kill people leaving mosques.

Moreno-Ocampo is expecting a decision soon from judges on his request for charges of crimes against humanity to be laid against the Libyan leader, his son Seif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi.

If the court issues arrest warrants, it will turn Gaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam Gaddafi and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi into internationally wanted suspects.

The court, however, will not be able to enforce the warrant as it relies on other states to make arrests.

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