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| Libya holds four ICC staff after they met Saif Gaddafi | |
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| Libyan authorities have detained four members of the International Criminal Court's staff who had gone to meet Saif al-Islam, son of former Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, the ICC says. | |
| ICC president Sang-Hyun Song urged Libya to immediately "liberate them". | |
| He said the civil servants had been held since Thursday 7 June. | |
| Earlier reports said an ICC lawyer was being held under house arrest accused of trying to pass what were said to be dangerous documents to Saif al-Islam. | |
| The delegation travelled to Libya on 6 June, to meet Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi in Zintan, "in part as a privileged visit by the Office of Public Counsel for the Defence, currently appointed to represent Mr Gaddafi in the case brought against him," the ICC president said in a statement. | |
| "We are very concerned about the safety of our staff in the absence of any contact with them," the statement said. | |
| "These four international civil servants have immunity when on an official ICC mission. I call on the Libyan authorities to immediately take all necessary measures to ensure their safety and security and to liberate them." | |
| 'Documents discovered' | |
| Saif al-Islam, who was captured last November by militiamen as he tried to flee the country, has been indicted by the ICC for crimes against humanity. | |
| Libya's interim government has so far refused to hand over Saif al-Islam for trial in the Netherlands - seat of the ICC. Libya has insisted he should be tried by a Libyan court. | |
| Members of the brigade holding Saif al-Islam say they discovered documents including a letter from a former confidante of his who is now in Egypt, the BBC's Rana Jawad reports from Zintan. | Members of the brigade holding Saif al-Islam say they discovered documents including a letter from a former confidante of his who is now in Egypt, the BBC's Rana Jawad reports from Zintan. |
| The brigade commander said the transitional authorities in Tripoli had requested the release of the ICC officials, but they would remain in detention in Zintan - "where the crime has been committed" - pending an investigation by the attorney general's office. | |
| Reporters were shown the documents from a short distance, but were not allowed to view them in person, our correspondent says. | Reporters were shown the documents from a short distance, but were not allowed to view them in person, our correspondent says. |
| Those detained are reported to include an Australian lawyer, identified as Melinda Taylor. | |