ICC delivers an arrest warrant against Gaddafi

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced today that he has asked for international arrest warrants against Libyan leader Mouammar Gaddafi, his elder son Seif Al-Islam and the leader of the intelligence service Abdallah Al-Senoussi for crime against humanity.

"On the basis of the proofs we have collected so far, the office of the prosecutor has asked the preliminary chamber to deliver international arrest warrants against Mouammar Gaddafi, Seif Al-Islam and Abdallah Al-Senoussi ", declared Luis Moreno-Ocampo, during a press conference in The Hague, city where the ICC sits.

Now, the judges of the ICC have different choices. They can either decide to accept the request of the prosecutor, to reject it or to ask the prosecutor’s office for additional information.

The United Nations Security Council referred the matter to Luis Moreno-Ocampo on February the 26th. He decided to file a case for crime against humanity and open an investigation on March the 3rd. Eight persons were aimed by the investigation, among whom Colonel Mouammar Gaddafi and three of his sons.

Since the beginning of the revolt in Libya, the spiral of violence caused thousands of deaths according to the prosecutor of the ICC, and urged 750.000 persons to run away.

International pressure is getting stronger and an end has to be reached, as the population is the one caught in the middle of a political chess-game designed by the international coalition.

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