Libya: Legal concern: Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi calls for amputation and flogging to be included in the Penal Code

Judicial punishments of amputation and flogging may be introduced in Libya in the near future. Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gadaffi, in a speech on 2 April, urged the Basic People’s Congresses and the General People’s Congress to include the question on the agenda of their forthcoming meetings in June of this year.

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