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41 in court at Libya trial of Gaddafi loyalists
Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Muammar Gaddafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict. The accused, mostly civilians, appeared in a military court in the eastern city of Benghazi, the birthplace of the uprising against Gaddafi which ended on October 20 with his killing in his home town of Sirte. “It is the first trial concerning the February 17 revolution,” judge Colonel Ali al-Hamida said.
Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Muammar Gaddafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict. The accused, mostly civilians, appeared in a military court in the eastern city of Benghazi, the birthplace of the uprising against Gaddafi which ended on October 20 with his killing in his home town of Sirte. “It is the first trial concerning the February 17 revolution,” judge Colonel Ali al-Hamida said.
