UN cites flaws in Libya trial of Gadhafi's son, others
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A United Nations report says the trial in Libya of over three dozen people including Moammar Gadhafi's son failed to meet international fair-trial standards.
In the 60-page report released Tuesday, the U.N.'s mission in Libya and human rights office cited problems like defendants held incommunicado for long stretches, inadequate investigation of torture claims, and a lack of calls for prosecution witnesses to testify in court.
U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein called the trial of Seif Gadhafi and 36 others "a missed opportunity for justice" after the downfall of his father in the 2011 "Arab Spring" uprising.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nine defendants were given the death penalty in the July 2015 verdict. Gadhafi was tried in absentia. He is believed to now be in Zintan, southwest of Tripoli, in a militia-controlled area.