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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he has unearthed “enough evidence” to pursue up to five warrants for crimes against humanity committed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader.<\/p>\n

Luis Moreno-Ocampo made the announcement on Tuesday, a day before he was to\u00a0brief the\u00a0UN Security Council on his investigation into alleged crimes commited by Gaddafi’s forces.<\/p>\n

Gaddafi’s forces have been battling rebels who are seeking to end the Libyan leader’s more than 40-year rule. The fighting has resulted in human misery and led to allegations of excesses being committed\u00a0against civilians.<\/p>\n

The investigation was ordered by the UN Secuirty Council\u00a0when it passed resolutions in February allowing military action to protect civilians and sanctions against Gaddafi.<\/p>\n

“We have been collecting evidence about crimes against humanity committed in Libya,” Moreno-Ocampo told the\u00a0AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

He said he believed he had enough evidence for cases to be launched.<\/p>\n

“We have security forces shooting civilians at demonstrations and evidence of security forces arresting people in different cities, including Tripoli, even today, because they think these people are not loyal,” the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n

He said there had been a “massive arrest” of people who are not considered loyal.<\/p>\n

“In Libya it is illegal to challenge the story. They are arresting people who talk to journalists, and then they are torturing them.”<\/p>\n

Rape as a weapon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moreno-Ocampo also said there were\u00a0allegations that Africans from other nations had been attacked in rebel territory because they were thought to be mercenaries.<\/p>\n

Alleged criminal incidents include security forces opening live fire at unarmed peaceful protesters, using rape<\/a> as well as “systemic arrests, torture, killings, deportations, enforced disappearances and destruction of mosques” as a weapon, according to the prosecutor’s\u00a0report released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

While a precise number is hard to provide, up to 700 people were killed in February alone, the report said. Gaddafi estimates that\u00a0 “only 150 or 200” have been killed.<\/p>\n

Moreno-Ocampo said the exact number of cases pursued is yet to be decided, but between one and five will be presented to the Security Council.<\/p>\n

“We are still defining who are the most responsible according to the evidence,” he said without\u00a0giving the specific names of suspects.<\/p>\n

“I will inform the Security Council that we are ready, we will present the case. They can plan in advance how the warrants will be executed.”<\/p>\n

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said almost 40,000 people have fled fighting<\/a> in western Libya last month.<\/p>\n

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