A case against former Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi still awaits decision of judges at the Arusha-based
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi |
Commenting on the
case, Mr Jean-Pierre Uwanone, the AfCHPR Communications Officer put the
records right here saying the slain Libyan president wasn’t summoned at
the Arusha Court during his lifetime.
“The statement would rather be
as follows: A case was brought to the African Court (in Arusha) by the
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, based in the Gambian
capital of Banjul. The case was against Libya.”
“Officially the case is
formulated as follows: Application No 004/2011 – African Commission on
Human and Peoples’ Rights versus Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya,” revealed Mr Uwanone.
The African Court’s
spokesperson explained further that the case against Libya was still
pending at the Arusha Chambers of the AfCHPR in Majengo area.“As the
case is still pending before the Court waiting for the Decision of the
Judges, I cannot discuss its content,” said Mr Uwanone.
The legal action against
Gaddafi’s regime was initiated by the African Commission on Human and
Peoples’ Rights in 2011.The court documents indicate that the
commission has received “successive complaints against Libya.” Peaceful
demonstrations in the Libyan cities of Benghazi, al-Baida, Ajdabiya,
Zawiya and Derna were “violently suppressed by security forces” who
“opened fire at random” on 19 February 2011, the commission alleges.
It also accused the late
President Gaddafi’s forces of “excessive use of heavy weapons and
machine guns against the population, including targeted aerial
bombing,” which amount to “serious violations” of the right to life,
freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
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