Recent Posts

newswire

Sunday, 27 February 2011

UN sanctions Libya, orders ICC probe

UN sanctions Libya, orders ICC probe - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted an arms embargo against Libya, a travel and assets ban on Moamer Gaddafi's regime and ordered a crimes against humanity investigation into the bloodshed.

The council made a new demand for an immediate end to attacks on civilians by Mr Gaddafi's loyalists which it said had been incited 'from the highest level of the Libyan government.'

The UN says more than 1,000 people have been killed in the unrest.

The travel ban and assets will target the 68-year-old Libyan leader, seven of his sons and daughter Aisha, other family members and top defence and intelligence officials accused of playing a role in the bloodshed.

Sixteen names are on the sanctions list."

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Recent Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...