Trial For Former Libyan Prime Minister Starts At Court In Tripoli, Libya

Former Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi (L) arrives for his trial at a court in Tripoli, capita of Libya, on Nov. 12, 2012. The trial of former Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi started here on Monday. Mahmoudi, who served as the last prime minister in former leader Muammar Gaddafi’s administration from 2006 to 2011, fled to Tunisia in September 2011 after the armed rebels seized the Libyan capital of Tripoli during the unrest.

Former Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi sits in a cage during his trial at a court in Tripoli, capita of Libya, on Nov. 12, 2012. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>