{"id":438679,"date":"2011-06-09T10:54:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T10:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/09\/gaddafi-used-rape-as-weapon-of-war-says-icc-prosecutor\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T10:54:46","slug":"gaddafi-used-rape-as-weapon-of-war-says-icc-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/gaddafi-used-rape-as-weapon-of-war-says-icc-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaddafi Used Rape As Weapon of War, Says ICC Prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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9 June 2011<\/p>\n

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Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered mass rapes and gave troops Viagra-type drugs to encourage sex attacks, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo claimed Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The chief prosecutor may ask for a new charge of mass rape to be made against Kadhafi, he said.<\/p>\n

Moreno-Ocampo is expecting a decision soon from judges on his request for charges of crimes against humanity to be laid against the Libyan leader, his son Seif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi.<\/p>\n

There are reports of hundreds of women attacked in some areas of Libya, Moreno-Ocampo said. He claimed Kadhafi’s forces were buying containers of “Viagra-type” medicines “to enhance the possibility to rape women”.<\/p>\n

Kadhafi’s regime had not previously been known for using rape as a weapon against political opponents and Moreno-Ocampo said he had to find evidence that the Libyan leader had given the order.<\/p>\n

In March, Libyan woman, Iman al-Obeidi, made international headlines when she entered a Tripoli hotel and said she had been raped by Kadhafi troops. After escaping to Qatar she was deported to rebel-held Libya and is now resting at a refugee centre in Romania.<\/p>\n

The Libyan government does not recognise the international court’s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

Other developments include:<\/p>\n