Libya News and Views
Sunday, 8 April, 2001: A United Nations observer at the trial of two Libyans
accused of the Lockerbie bombing has said the judgment appeared to be
politically influenced. Speaking at a conference on the trial at the Arab
League headquarters in Cairo, Austrian philosophy Professor Hans Koschler
said there appeared to be pressure from the USA and UK. Prof Koschler was
one of five people appointed to observe the trial held at the Scottish Court
in Camp Zeist in the Netherlands. Prof Koschler, who said his views were his
own and not those of the United Nations, said: "The present judgment is
logically inconsistent. "You cannot come out with a verdict of guilty for
one and innocent for the other when they were both being tried with the same
evidence."In my opinion, there seemed to be considerable political influence
on the judges and the verdict. "My guess is that it came from the United
States and the United Kingdom. This was my impression." The Innsbruck
University professor said he had submitted his report on the trial to UN
General Secretary Kofi Annan, who had forwarded it to the Scottish
authorities. [BBC]
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Sunday, 8 April, 2001: Thirty-five countries have ratified a treaty for an
[African Union] leaving the proposal of Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi
just one vote shy of approval, Libya's [African Unity Minister] said in
remarks published Saturday. Ali Treki did not list the countries that have
signed the treaty, and it was not possible to confirm the figure with the
Addis Ababa headquarters of the Organization of African Unity [OAU]. But
Tanzania said this week it had become the 34th state to ratify the
agreement. Two-thirds of the OAU's 53 nations, or 36 states, must ratify the
treaty before it can take effect. "All we need is the ratification of one
more state before we can officially announce the union," Treki told the
Libyan newspaper Ash-Shams. [AP]
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