{"id":26165,"date":"2026-02-04T19:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/?p=26165"},"modified":"2026-02-04T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:08:46","slug":"lcw-calls-for-an-independent-investigation-into-the-killing-of-saif-al-islam-gaddafi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/blog\/lcw-calls-for-an-independent-investigation-into-the-killing-of-saif-al-islam-gaddafi\/","title":{"rendered":"LCW CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLING OF SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Libya\u00a0Crimes\u00a0Watch\u00a0(LCW)\u00a0documented\u00a0the\u00a0killing\u00a0of\u00a0presidential\u00a0candidate\u00a0Saif\u00a0al-Islam\u00a0Gaddafi\u00a0on\u00a03\u00a0February\u00a0near\u00a0the\u00a0city\u00a0of\u00a0Zintan.\u00a0His office reported that he was killed following an attack by unidentified armed individuals who targeted him in his residence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LCW condemns this crime, which&nbsp;constitutes&nbsp;an extrajudicial killing and&nbsp;represents&nbsp;a grave violation of the right to life. LCW further stresses that the killing of Saif al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), does not constitute the pursuit of justice, but rather undermines accountability processes and deprives victims and their families of their right to truth and&nbsp;Justice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LCW calls on the Libyan Attorney General to launch an independent, transparent, and urgent investigation into this crime, to ensure that its findings are publicly announced, and that those responsible are brought to trial in accordance with international fair trial standards, contributing to curbing the pervasive pattern of impunity in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libya\u00a0Crimes\u00a0Watch\u00a0(LCW)\u00a0documented\u00a0the\u00a0killing\u00a0of\u00a0presidential\u00a0candidate\u00a0Saif\u00a0al-Islam\u00a0Gaddafi\u00a0on\u00a03\u00a0February\u00a0near\u00a0the\u00a0city\u00a0of\u00a0Zintan.\u00a0His office reported that he was killed following an attack by unidentified armed individuals who targeted him in his residence.\u00a0 LCW condemns this crime, which&nbsp;constitutes&nbsp;an extrajudicial killing and&nbsp;represents&nbsp;a grave violation of the right to life. LCW further stresses that the killing of Saif al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), does not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[654],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26169,"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26165\/revisions\/26169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}