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In a significant development, a court in the U.S pronounced that Commander Khalifa Haftar was liable for war crimes for extrajudicial killings and torture in Libya perpetrated by his actions. Haftar is the chief of the eastern-based Libyan National Army. The court held he was responsible for the bombing or torture of their relatives
In a significant development, a court in the U.S pronounced that Commander Khalifa Haftar was liable for war crimes for extrajudicial killings and torture in Libya perpetrated by his actions. Haftar is the chief of the eastern-based Libyan National Army. The court held he was responsible for the bombing or torture of their relatives.
The decision is that of a federal judge in Virginia. Haftar was convicted since he hadn’t cooperated with justice. The judge said that the senior field marshal could go on appeal and more court hearings were necessary to determine the compensation amounts.
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The families filed lawsuits in 2019 and 2020 under the 1991 US law- the Torture Victim Protection Act- which allows all citizens in the world to press charges on someone who, acting in an official capacity for a foreign nation, has committed acts of torture and/or extrajudicial killing.
