U.N. Rights Chief Urges Probe into Gadhafi's Death
The circumstances surrounding the death of Libya's ousted despot Moammar Gadhafi are unclear and an investigation is needed, the U.N. human rights chief said Friday.
"On the issue of Gadhafi's death yesterday, the circumstances are still unclear," Navi Pillay's spokesman Rupert Colville said.
"There are four or five different versions of how he died.
"There should be some kind of investigation given what we saw yesterday."
Question marks remained about how Gadhafi met his end -- mobile phone footage appeared to show him captured bloodied but still alive and then killed by his captors.
"The two videos... taken together are very disturbing," noted Colville.
Nevertheless, Gadhafi's death and the fall of Sirte has led to a "new era" for Libya.
"A new era is now beginning which should respond to the aspirations of the people for democracy and human rights," said Colville, calling for human rights to be a "cornerstone for all future policies and actions" in the country.
"One key aspect to obtain closure on the legacy of Gadhafi... would be to ensure that justice is done," added the spokesman.
"The thousands of victims who suffered loss of lives, disappearances, torture and other serious human rights violations since the conflict occurred in February 2011 as well of those who suffered human rights violations throughout Gadhafi's long rule have the right to know the truth.
"And they have the right to see the culture to impunity brought to an end and to receive reparations," he added.
over 12 years
its a mistake to kill him without tribunal, it is not good for the future of lybia.. after all he is an evil tribal man and hilary clinton is a snake for inciting to kill him the day b4, why?
anyway lets hope for the best, god help the people of lybia and give them enough wisdom, and keep the generals and radical islam away.
over 12 years
It is not a new era for Libya if Ghadaffi was summarily executed by his captors. This is the same sort fo conduct that was condoned in the old Libya except with Ghadaffi was the executioner rather than the condemned. Changing seats does not bring on a new era, changing the paradigm brings a new era.
The new era should be one dominated by the rule of law. The Rule of Law says that everyone lives under it, even Ghadaffi and even the people who captured and killed him. No ones life is taken except by due process of law upon a finding of guilt of crimes for which the ultimate penalty of execution is prescribed by law.
This frenzied killing of a human being, even a monster such as Ghadaffi cannot be condoned and surely should not be seen as the dawn of a new era in Libya. Two wrongs don't make a right.
over 12 years
Although I somehow agree with the fact that it might have been better to have the Dictator tried and convicted, I still think that Genocidal Maniacs the likes of Bin Laden, Saddam, Kaddhafi, Assad, Khamenei, Ahmadinajad, Nasrallah, Sadr... Should not be afforded the courtesy of a court of law of a normal human being that has broken the "social contract" by killing another, these are monsterous unrepenting creatures that have commmitted hundreds of thousands of killings and destroyed lives and have arrested the development of their people and state through corruption and terrorism and incitement of some groups against the others (divide and conquer) throught their regin of terror. Simply put these criminal dictators have relinquished their Human rights when they decided to cleanse (ethnically, or religously...) their respective tormented nations. No bloody dictator should look forward to a court of law. They should live in the same terror they have surgically implanted in their peoples
over 12 years
A taste of their own medecine sort of speak,...They can let his tribe bury him proper;y,... Having said that the newly freed nations should look at the real causes of the rise of such horrible dictators and fix them not to replace them, and do the complete opposite of what the failed dictatorial system did, In other words Tolerance to replace Intolerance, personal security and collective responsability to one another instead of the state top down terror approach.., relinquish violence and armed conflict in settling disputes and resort instead to courts of Law that would hopefully be set up with a little outside help (they have to recognize and acknowledge that they need help no place for foolish egoes in Nation Building since that's what got them to the Dictatorial opression in the first place). Reliquish and discard extremism in all its forms (religious or otherwise). A lot goes into Nation building and the freed Nations should accept with humility outside help and they shall get it.
lets see what becomes of this Nato colony now.. the libyan ppl will never build a state of law and order.. as for Gaddafi, he died just as he announced he would by fighting to the death - a true leader in a region lacking real leaders.. RIP Gaddafi a true revolutionary..