A US Federal Court has agreed to the plaintiffs' request to resume the trial of Khalifa Haftar, which was interrupted due to the elections that were to take place on 24 December last year, Emadeddin Muntasser, the President of the Democracy and Human Rights Foundation, has confirmed. A hearing session took place on Friday at the request of the attorney for plaintiff Ali Hamza to reconsider its decision to suspend the trial until after the elections, Muntasser says. The lawyer highlighted the continuing tension and turmoil in which Haftar remains a major party and pointed out that linking the resumption of the trial with the political stability in Libya makes justice a distanced possibility. In response to the plaintiff's lawyer and his request to compel Haftar to pay the financial penalties ruled by the court, the latter's lawyer expressed surprise at his client's failure to pay the fines. Muntasser said the court's ruling concerns the case of Ali Hamza and does not appeal to other cases.

Source: Libya Observer March 12, 2022 15:59 UTC