Saif Al-Islam sentenced to death in ‘flawed’ trial

A Libyan court sentenced Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, and eight others to death over war crimes including killings of protesters during the 2011 revolution that ended his father’s rule.

The former Gaddafi regime officials sentenced to die by firing squad included former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi and ex-prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, said Sadiq al-Sur, chief investigator at the Tripoli state prosecutor’s office.

The trial and outcome drew condemnation abroad, with Human Rights Watch (HRW) and a prominent international lawyer saying it was riddled with flaws and carried out amid lawlessness that undermined the credibility of the judiciary.