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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is pictured sitting in a plane in Zintan, Libya in this November 19, 2011 file photo. The Libyan court has sentenced Saif to death. The verdict was passed on Saif in absentia since he has been held since 2011 by a former rebel group in Zintan that opposes the Tripoli government. (Reuters)
A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son, Saif Al Islam, on Tuesday for suppressing peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.
The court also handed down in a televised session a death sentence by firing squad to Gaddafi's former spy chief, Abdullah Al Senussi, and his former prime minister, Baghdadi Al Mahmoudi.
The verdict on Al Islam was passed in absentia since he has been held since 2011 by a former rebel group in Zintan region that opposes the Tripoli government, which is not recognised by world powers.
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