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Trial of Gaddafi's son to start next month
Gaddafi's son was captured by rebel fighters from the Libyan city of Zintan in November 2011 and has been held there ever since.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, will stand trial alongside Libya’s former Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi and the country’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi on 19th September in Tripoli.
Saif al-Islam will be facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The lawyer representing Colonel Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, is urging the British Government to do all it can to prevent him facing trial in Libya and deliver him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
The lawyer believes that his client will be subjected to a 'show trial' and sentenced to death.
But the process of transferring Saif al-Islam from Libya to The Hague would be a complex one.
He was captured by rebel fighters from the Libyan city of Zintan in November 2011 and has been held there, in solitary confinement, ever since.
The Libyan Government is struggling to exert its influence over large parts of the country and can't transfer him without the permission of Zintan's militia leaders.
