Mustafa Abd al-Jalil

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Mustafa Abd al-Jalil

Mustafa Muhammad Abd al-Jalil ( Arabic مصطفى محمد عبد الجليل, DMG Muṣṭafā Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Ǧalīl ; * 1952 in al-Baida ) is a Libyan politician. He was Justice Minister under Muammar al-Gaddafi and, as Chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), temporarily acting head of state.

Life

Education and early career

Abd al-Jalil comes from al-Baida. He completed his training in Islamic law ( Sharia ) in 1975 at the University of Libya. He then worked as assistant to the public prosecutor at the People's Court in al-Baida and from 1978 as a judge in various parts of the country. In 1999, in connection with the infamous HIV trial , he was “instrumental in the detention” of Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor in Benghazi.

Minister of Justice

As the successor to Ali Umar al-Husnawi, he was the justice minister of his country from January 22, 2007 to February 21, 2011 and a member of the General People's Committee . During this time he campaigned for the investigation of the massacre in Abu Salim prison , in which more than 1,600 people were killed. In the wake of the uprising in Libya , he resigned in protest against the state's use of massive violence against demonstrators critical of the regime.

Amnesty International reports that during his tenure in the Libyan government, Abd al-Jalil repeatedly criticized Gaddafi's government for violating human rights. The criticisms related, for example, to the arbitrary practices of the Libyan interior ministry and the country's intelligence service . Abd al-Jalil campaigned for compensation payments to those wrongly detained.

The human rights organization Human Rights Watch also reported that the former justice minister had taken a clear and public position against the arbitrary arrest practices of the Gaddafi government. An analyst for the organization stated regarding political prisoners:

"The Minister of Justice has taken a very good stance on this group of prisoners. He's publicly criticized the security agencies for continuing to detain prisoners, despite the fact that they have been acquitted by the courts. (Translation: The Justice Minister has taken a very positive stance on the group of [political] prisoners. He has publicly criticized the security services for continuing to detain detainees despite an acquittal.) "

Chair of the National Transitional Council

On February 27, he took over the leadership of a transitional government founded by opposition activists in Benghazi .

He claimed on February 24, 2011 that he had evidence that Muammar al-Gaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie attack . He also claimed to have been there when cabinet meetings decided to recruit mercenaries from Chad and Niger to fight the insurgents during the 2011 riots. The mercenaries had been promised citizenship.

On March 13, 2011, he warned that countries that did not support the uprising against Gaddafi would not get access to Libya's huge oil reserves if the regime were overthrown. The leadership of a Libya after Gaddafi will align the oil policy "according to the position that the countries are taking towards Libya in these difficult times".

As chairman of the NTC, he admitted in August 2011 that he deliberately pursued disinformation and launched false reports in order to unsettle the helpers of the Gaddafi dictatorship - so his reasoning.

At the central victory celebration in Benghazi, he indicated that there will be no laws in Libya after Gaddafi that are not in accordance with the Koran.

The German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development , Dirk Niebel , was critical of the fact that former leaders of the Gaddafi regime belong to the National Council. The identity and goals of the partners on the part of the Libyan opposition are not yet sufficiently known. In addition, the former minister of justice and the interior was involved in the show trial of the Bulgarian nurses and was “obviously responsible for violations of international law”.

On February 21, 2012, Jalil admitted that Libya's new political leadership has no control over the militias in the country. The remaining forces of the old regime were also still a threat. He said it would take the new Libyan leadership years "to come to terms with the heavy legacy of mistrust and corruption after 40 years under Gaddafi". Jalil admitted that the transitional council made mistakes. But part of the blame also falls on the former rebels who formed militias and local governments in the fight against Gaddafi and who are now in competition with the new central government in Tripoli.

Web links

Commons : Mustafa Abd al-Jalil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  10. ^ ORF: More and more "liberated" cities.
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  15. ^ Niebel - SPD and Greens talk Germany to war
  16. It will take years: Gaddafi's militias continued to rage for 20 minutes on February 21, 2012.