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Gaddafi-era spy chief al-Senussi to be tried in Libya | Gaddafi-era spy chief al-Senussi to be tried in Libya |
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The International Criminal Court has ruled that Libya's Gaddafi-era intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, can be tried in Libya. | |
The decision means that the ICC will no longer demand that Mr Senussi be sent to The Hague to stand trial. | The decision means that the ICC will no longer demand that Mr Senussi be sent to The Hague to stand trial. |
The former military intelligence boss was indicted by the ICC in 2011 for war crimes allegedly committed during the uprising against Gaddafi's rule. | |
Mr Senussi was extradited to Libya from Mauritania last year. | Mr Senussi was extradited to Libya from Mauritania last year. |
The ICC does not carry out proceedings against a suspect if they are receiving a fair trial in a domestic court. | |
The court said in a statement that the decision had "no bearing on the case against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi". | |
The late leader's son was also indicted by the ICC for war crimes, and is a co-defendant, along with 36 others, of Mr Senussi in the domestic case. | |
Saif Gaddafi is being held by a militia in the western town of Zintan. Last month the militiamen refused to deliver him to a court in Tripoli to appear at a pre-trial hearing alongside Mr Senussi and the other defendants in that case. |