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UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CALLS FOR GADDAFI DEATH INVESTIGATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 21, 2011 - 15:09 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The United Nations human rights office called
on Friday for a full investigation into the death of Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi, Reuters reports.
"It is unclear how he died. There is a need for an investigation," UN
human rights spokesman Rupert Colville told a news briefing in Geneva.
Referring to separate cell phone images showing a wounded Gaddafi first
alive and then later dead amidst a jumble of anti-Gaddafi fighters
after his capture in his hometown of Sirte on Thursday, he added:
"Taken together, they were very disturbing."
An international commission of inquiry, launched by the UN Human
Rights Council, is already investigating killings, torture and other
crimes in Libya.
Colville said he expected that the team would look into the
circumstances of Gaddafi's death.
"It is a fundamental principle of international law that people accused
of serious crimes should if possible be tried. Summary executions are
strictly illegal. It is different if someone is killed in combat,"
he told Reuters Television.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 21, 2011 - 15:09 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The United Nations human rights office called
on Friday for a full investigation into the death of Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi, Reuters reports.
"It is unclear how he died. There is a need for an investigation," UN
human rights spokesman Rupert Colville told a news briefing in Geneva.
Referring to separate cell phone images showing a wounded Gaddafi first
alive and then later dead amidst a jumble of anti-Gaddafi fighters
after his capture in his hometown of Sirte on Thursday, he added:
"Taken together, they were very disturbing."
An international commission of inquiry, launched by the UN Human
Rights Council, is already investigating killings, torture and other
crimes in Libya.
Colville said he expected that the team would look into the
circumstances of Gaddafi's death.
"It is a fundamental principle of international law that people accused
of serious crimes should if possible be tried. Summary executions are
strictly illegal. It is different if someone is killed in combat,"
he told Reuters Television.