Politics
Libya dismisses Gadhafi arrest bid
Updated: 2011-05-17 13:56
(Xinhua)
TRIPOLI - The Libyan government dismissed on Monday the UN war crimes court's arrest warrant against Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.
Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said in a statement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) was "dependent on media reports to evaluate the situation in Libya."
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The Libyan government has never "ordered the killing of civilians or hired mercenaries against our people," he said, calling on the international community to make on-the-spot investigations.
Earlier on Monday, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief ICC prosecutor, requested the ICC issue arrest warrants for Gadhafi, his second-oldest son Seif al-Islam and his intelligence chief and brother-in-law Abdullah al-Senussi over crimes against humanity in Libya.
Evidence showed that Gadhafi had ordered attacks on innocent civilians, the ICC prosecutor said in The Hague, where the ICC is based.
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