Libya: First Trial Of Gaddafi Followers Begins In Benghazi
By Magharebia
Forty-one pro-Gaddafi fighters appeared before a military court in Benghazi on Sunday (February 5th), AFP reported.
“It is the first trial concerning the February 17 revolution,” presiding judge Ali al-Hamida said at the start of the court proceedings.
The defendants were arrested in Benghazi last July after a deadly clash between Libyan rebels and partisans of the Moamer Gaddafi regime.
Defence attorney had challenged the decision to hold the trial before a military tribunal, arguing that most of the defendants were civilians.
