Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ordered Libyan authorities to immediately surrender deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.
The written order published on Thursday sets up the latest legal showdown between the Hague-based court and Libyan authorities who say they plan to put Senussi on trial themselves.
The ICC has indicted Senussi on crimes against humanity charges for the murder and persecution of protesters in the early days of the uprising that eventually toppled Gaddafi in 2011.
Libyan authorities also are holding Gaddafi’s son and one-time heir-apparent, Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, who also is wanted by the court.