{{A former minister in the government of Muammar Gaddafi has been sentenced to death for his role in repressing protests in the 2011 rebellion.}}<\/p>\n
A court in the Libyan city of Misrata found Ahmed Ibrahim guilty of undermining national security and plotting to kill civilians.<\/p>\n
A judge said Ibrahim urged residents in the town of Sirte to fight the rebels.<\/p>\n
He was condemned to execution by firing squad.<\/p>\n
It is the first known death sentence given to a member of the former government’s inner-circle.<\/p>\n
Ibrahim was captured in Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte and is a distant relative of the former leader, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n
He served as minister of education and information in the 1980s and Libyans know him as the man who banned the English language from school curricula for a decade, she adds.<\/p>\n
Ibrahim was also a high-ranking member of the much feared “revolutionary committees” – groups of regime loyalists who enforced Gaddafi’s power.<\/p>\n
During the 2011 uprising that toppled the government, he was head of a centre that studied the former leader’s Green Book, an ideological ruling manifesto loosely based on socialism.<\/p>\n
Reports say Wednesday’s ruling by a criminal court in Misrata must be confirmed by Libya’s supreme court.<\/p>\n
Libyan authorities are keen to see Gaddafi’s family and loyalists punished for their support of his 42-year rule, but human rights activists have raised concerns about whether legal proceedings meet international standards.<\/p>\n
The most senior regime member yet to face justice is Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is due to go on trial in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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