Thursday, May 5, 2011

Prosecutor Pursues Gadhafi Regime

Thursday, May 5, 2011

UNITED NATIONS—The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor told the U.N. Security Council he is seeking arrest warrants against three members of Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity in Libya.

"The evidence collected establishes reasonable grounds to believe that widespread and systematic attacks against the civilian population have been and continue to be committed in Libya, including murder and persecution as crimes against humanity," prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday.

"There is also relevant information on the alleged commission of war crimes," Mr. Moreno-Ocampo told the 15-member council in New York. The Security Council in February referred ...



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