Former intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi and Qaddafi's last Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi were also among those sentenced to death.
Saif al-Islam was not in court because he is held in the southwestern hill town of Zintan by militia opposed to the Tripoli authorities.
The trial, which opened in the Libyan capital in April last year, has been dogged by criticism from human rights watchdogs and an unresolved dispute with the International Criminal Court in The Hague over jurisdiction in the case of the Qaddafi son.
The 37 defendants were charged with crimes including murder and complicity in incitement to rape during the 2011 uprising that toppled the dictatorship.
Saif al-Qaddafi's ICC lawyer condemned the Tripoli "show trial" and labeled it a "judicially sanctioned execution." Meanwhile, the U.N. human rights office said it was "deeply disturbed" by the verdicts and sentences.
The militia holding Saif al-Islam is loyal to the internationally recognized government which fled to the remote east last August when a rival militia alliance seized the capital and set up its own administration.
Saif al-Islam's sole appearances before the court have been by video link and there have been none since May last year.
Most of the other defendants are held in the capital, but some are held in Libya's third city Misrata which is loyal to the Tripoli authorities.
The U.N. Security Council referred the conflict in Libya to the ICC in February 2011 amid Qaddafi's repression of the popular uprising against his decades-old regime at the height of the Arab Spring.
Saif al-Islam is wanted by the Hague-based court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
ICC prosecutors say that as part of his father's "inner circle", he "conceived and orchestrated a plan to deter and quell, by all means, the civilian demonstrations against Qaddafi's regime".
He has been held in Zintan since his capture in November 2011 despite repeated ICC demands for Libya to hand him over for trial.
Charges before the Tripoli court also included kidnapping, plunder, sabotage and embezzlement of public funds.
Human rights groups have expressed concerns about the trial, criticizing the fact that the accused have had only limited access to lawyers and key documents.
alarabiya.net by AFP, Reuters
28/7/15
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Seïf al-Islam Kadhafi, fils de l'ex-dictateur libyen, condamné à mort par contumace...
ReplyDeleteUn tribunal libyen a condamné à mort par contumace, mardi 28 juillet, Seïf al-Islam Kadhafi, le fils le plus en vue et le successeur potentiel de l'ex-dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, pour la répression sanglante des manifestations pacifiques de 2011.
Seïf al-Islam, qui avait promis aux rebelles "des rivières de sang", est détenu au secret par une brigade d'anciens combattants rebelles, opposée aux autorités de Tripoli, depuis fin 2011, à Zenten, à environ 180 km au sud-ouest de Tripoli. Il est poursuivi pour crimes de guerre et corruption.
Au moment de sa capture, en novembre 2011, l'ONG Human Rights Watch avait immédiatement appelé la Libye à remettre Seïf al-Islam à la Cour pénale internationale (CPI), qui siège à La Haye, et qui l’accuse de crimes contre l’humanité. Craignant un procès inéquitable, la CPI avait saisi, en décembre 2014, le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU afin d’obtenir le transfert de Seïf al-Islam, en vain.
Par ailleurs, le même tribunal siégeant à Tripoli, la capitale libyenne contrôlée par une coalition de milices en partie islamistes, a également condamné à mort huit anciens collaborateurs de l’ancien dictateur. Parmi eux figurent le dernier Premier ministre de Kadhafi, Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, et son ex-chef des services de renseignement, Abdallah Senoussi. Ce dernier est également recherché par la CPI pour crimes contre l'humanité. Ils étaient eux aussi jugés pour leur rôle dans la répression meurtrière de la révolte ayant mis fin à l'ancien régime..............http://www.france24.com/fr/20150728-libye-seif-al-islam-kadhafi-fils-ex-dictateur-libyen-condamne-mort-contumace
28/7/15