Libya: Blanket Amnesty for Rebel Atrocities
If and when there ever comes a time when Libyan rebels face charges for their own crimes against humanity, it will be muted, to some degree, by a protective new law issued by Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC). It was issued on May 3rd, alongside new laws punishing officials of the former government and barring anyone from “glorifying” the old order. Jordan Times, among other media outlets, have reported on this:
“There is no punishment for acts made necessary by the February 17 revolution,” read the law published on the National Transitional Council’s (NTC) website. The immunity covers “military, security or civilian acts undertaken by revolutionaries with the aim of ensuring the revolution’s success”, the NTC added.
I wanted to link right to the NTC’s posting, but all I could find was their old abandoned site without a single update for a year now. I even tried Arabic translations, site-specific searches, and found nothing, though I’ll trust the Jordan Times and others here and move on.