{"id":238452,"date":"2012-12-10T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/12\/libya-ex-pm-on-trial-in-tripoli\/"},"modified":"2012-12-10T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T17:14:00","slug":"libya-ex-pm-on-trial-in-tripoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/12\/10\/libya-ex-pm-on-trial-in-tripoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya ex-PM on trial in Tripoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"caption body-narrow-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/64678000\/jpg\/_64678593_64678591.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" alt=\"Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi on trial in Tripoli, 10 December 2012\" \/><span class=\"c1\">Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi appeared in a caged section of a courtroom in Tripoli<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"introduction\" id=\"story_continues_1\">Libya&#8217;s former Prime Minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi has gone on trial in Tripoli charged with &#8220;acts that led to the unjust killing of Libyans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahmoudi and two others are also accused of funnelling about $25m ($16m) of public money through Tunisia to help forces supporting Col Gaddafi.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahmoudi fled to neighbouring Tunisia during last year&#8217;s uprising against Libya&#8217;s then-leader, but was extradited in June.<\/p>\n<p>He has denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in court on Monday in traditional Libyan dress, speaking only once, to confirm his identity.<\/p>\n<p>His two co-defendants were managers of a company overseen by one of Muammar Gaddafi&#8217;s most prominent sons, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.<\/p>\n<p>They are accused of channelling public funds through private accounts in Tunisia to help pay for support to pro-Gaddafi forces.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahmoudi&#8217;s defence lawyer also submitted a list of six witnesses, some of whom are currently in jail and awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is due to resume in mid-January.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights groups had urged Tunisia not to extradite him, saying he could be subject to human rights violations in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Libya&#8217;s new government has pledged to treat all detainees fairly.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahmoudi served as prime minister from March 2006. He fled Libya when pro-Gaddafi forces lost control of Tripoli.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of four senior officials from the former government being prosecuted in Libya.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi appeared in a caged section of a courtroom in Tripoli Libya&#8217;s former Prime Minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi has gone on trial in Tripoli charged with &#8220;acts that led to the unjust killing of Libyans&#8221;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libya ex-PM on trial in Tripoli - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/12\/10\/libya-ex-pm-on-trial-in-tripoli\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Libya ex-PM on trial in Tripoli - 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