A combination of photos shows Saif al-Islam (L) during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli March 10, 2011, and his father Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Damascus March 29, 2008. A war crimes prosecutor on May 16, 2011 sought an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of killing protesters against his four-decade rule, as NATO stepped up strikes on Libyan forces. ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo also asked judges, who must now see if there is enough evidence to issue warrants, for the arrest of Gaddafi’s son Saif and his spy chief brother-in-law Abdullah al-Senussi. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (L) and Jamal Saidi (POLITICS HEADSHOT CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) – RTR2MIH3
Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Saif al Islam, has been released from prison by rebels in western Libya.
He was being held by an armed group controlling the town of Zintan since November 2011.
The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade said Saif al Islam was released on Friday, “the 14th day of the month of Ramadan” under an amnesty agreed by the parliament based in the east.
According to reports from Libya, the son of the dead dictator is now with his relatives in the city of Al-Bayda, where he is expected to make a speech to the nation.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan, June 22, 2014 .
Saif, who studied at the London School of Economics, is the most high profile of Colonel Gaddafi’s eight children.
He was captured by rebels as he tried to flee to neighbouring Niger in November 2011 when Tripoli was taken by opposition fighters.
He was sentenced to death by a court in Tripoli two years ago and remains on the wanted list of the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
Colonel Gaddafi was captured and killed in October 2011 after he was found hiding near the city of Sirte.
Since then, Libya has struggled to establish a national government, with armed groups in the east and west challenging the Tripoli authority’s government.
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