| UN worried over ICC officials held in Libya |
UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council expressed “serious concern” late on Friday over Libya’s detention of four International Criminal Court (ICC) officials and called on the country to work towards their release.
A Security Council statement pointedly reminded Libyan authorities that they have to cooperate with the ICC under UN resolutions on the conflict last year that led to the overthrow of late strongman Muammar Gaddafi.
The four ICC staff, Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor and three colleagues, were detained on June 7 while visiting Gaddafi’s son Saif Al Islam in the Libyan town of Zintan where he is held.
“The members of the Security Council express serious concern over the detention” of the ICC staff, said the council statement.
The members of the 15-nation body “urge Libyan authorities at all levels and all concerned to work towards immediate release of all the ICC staff members.”
Agence France-Presse
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