Daughter wants probe into Gaddafi’s death
FILE - In this Thursday, April 28, 2005 file photo, Aisha Gadhafi, the daughter of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, looks on before making a speech on the achievement of Libyan women in Cairo Thursday. Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's wife and other relatives fled to Algeria Monday, the Algerian foreign ministry said, declaring that Gadhafi's wife, daughter, two of his sons and their children entered the neighboring country on Monday. It did not say whether Moammar Gadhafi himself was with the family group.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File ) FILE - In this Thursday, April 28, 2005 file photo, Aisha Gadhafi, the daughter of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, looks on before making a speech on the achievement of Libyan women in Cairo Thursday. Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's wife and other relatives fled to Algeria Monday, the Algerian foreign ministry said, declaring that Gadhafi's wife, daughter, two of his sons and their children entered the neighboring country on Monday. It did not say whether Moammar Gadhafi himself was with the family group.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File )
The Hague - The daughter of slain Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi has asked the International Criminal Court if it will probe the killing of her father and her brother, her lawyer said on Wednesday.
Aisha Gaddafi's lawyer Nick Kaufman said he had written to ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asking for more information on the October 20 killing of Muammar Gaddafi and his son Muatassim Gaddafi.
“Aisha wants to know if he is investigating the murders and if not, why he is not,” Kaufman told AFP.
The former dictator and his son were killed after their capture by forces loyal to the National Transitional Council.
In a letter to the prosecutor, Kaufman wrote that Muammar and Muatassim Gaddafi were captured alive at a time when they threatened no one.
They were both killed soon after and their bodies put on display.
“As you are aware, your analysis of the situation in Libya requires you to investigate the commission of alleged crimes by all parties to the conflict,” Kaufman said.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi on June 27 for crimes against humanity carried out as he tried to suppress the Libyan revolt.
Another son, Seif al-Islam, and former information minister Abdallah Al-Senoussi are subject to similar warrants. Seif al-Islam Gaddafi was arrested November 19 and there are unconfirmed reports Al-Senoussi was also captured.
ICC spokeswoman Florence Olara could not confirm if the prosecutor had received the letter.
The ICC has jurisdiction in Libya matters under a UN Security Council resolution from February 26.
Aisha, her brothers Mohamed and Hannibal, her mother Safiya and other family members were allowed to flee to Algeria for humanitarian reasons, according to Algiers. - Sapa-AFP