TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s transitional justice minister said Monday he has approved a measure to abolish the country’s state security prosecution and courts, which sentenced opponents of the old regime to prison.
Mohammed al-Alagi, part of Libya’s new leadership, said he has signed a document to disband the bodies. The step still needs approval by the National Transitional Council .
Al-Alagi also said the case is closed on the 1988 Lockerbie airplane bombing. He noted that the only man convicted in the case, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was freed on compassionate grounds because of illness and said there’s no reason to keep dragging the case into court.
Meanwhile Monday, hundreds of civilians fled ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte to escape growing shortages of food and medicine and escalating fears that their homes will be struck during fighting.
