Libya's Supreme Military Court has put off the hearing of an appeal by a group of Ukrainians sentenced to 10 years in prison for aiding the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
"According to Ukraine's Embassy in Libya, the hearing of Ukrainians' appeal has been put off until June 26, as the lawyers of the convicted men asked for additional time to study the materials of the case," the press service of Ukraine's Foreign Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.
Referring to the information provided to Ukrainian foreign ministry, the criminal case hasn’t been considered yet.
As reported, on August 27, 2011, the Libyan rebel Kakaa battalion detained Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian citizens (25 people all in all). The people were charged with having repaired military equipment used by the Gaddafi regime “to destroy the people of Libya.”
On June 4, 2012, the Tripoli Military Court sentenced 19 Ukrainians to ten years of imprisonment. One Russian was sentenced to life imprisonment, and one more Russian national and three Belarus citizens were sentenced to ten years in prison.
Ukraine filed an appeal against the verdicts in the cases of the Ukrainian citizens.
Earlier the court scheduled the hearing for May 1, and later on postponed it until May 8, May 29.
