ICC chief in Libya as staff members set to be freed

ZINTAN, Libya – The head of the International Criminal Court arrived in Libya ahead of the expected release later on Monday of four staff members, whose detention since early June plunged the interim government into its biggest diplomatic controversy to date.

Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor and Lebanese-born interpreter Helene Assaf were detained in the town of Zintan and accused of smuggling documents and hidden recording devices to Muammar Gaddafi’s captured son Saif al-Islam. Two male ICC staff who were travelling with Taylor and Assaf have stayed with them.

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