Gaddafi’s son sentenced to death for war crimes

A court in Libya on Tuesday sentenced a son of Moammar Gadhafi to death by firing squad after convicting him of murder and inciting genocide during the country’s 2011 civil war. It is unlikely, however, that the sentence against Seif al-Islam Gadhafi will be carried out anytime soon, as a militia in western Libya has refused to hand him over to the government for the past four years. That uncertainty reflects the chaos still gripping this North African nation split …

Five Pakistani Ahmadis held in Libya

Five Pakistani members of the Ahmedi sect are being held on suspicion of trying to convert Libyans. A Libyan, who is reported to have been converted, has also been arrested. Pakistani officials indicate the arrests took place on New Year’s Eve in the Tripoli suburb of Gurgi. The five Pakistanis are reported as Abdus Sami, supposedly the head of the Ahmadiyya community in Libya and two sets of brothers, Haris and Jawad Ahmad, who are said to have come to …