ICC rejects Libya bid to try Gadhafi son

ICC rejects Libya bid to try Gadhafi son
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Summary Seif al-Islam was captured by rebels last year and is being held in the western town of Zintan.

The International Criminal Court has again rejected attempts by Libya to delay handing over one of former dictator Moammar Gadhafis sons, who is wanted for trial.Judges unanimously dismissed Libyas latest appeal against the courts order to surrender Seif al-Islam Gadhafi for trial on charges of murdering and persecuting civilians in the early days of the uprising that toppled his fathers regime last year.Libyan authorities are resisting, saying they want to put him on trial at home.Wednesdays decision heaps more pressure on Tripoli to send Seif al-Islam to The Hague.

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