GNA stressed in a statement that Saif Islam had been considered guilty of perpetrating the crimes against humanity, and these crimes could not be a subject to amnesty. GNA also expressed dissatisfaction with the rumors on Islam's release and called these statements "irresponsible."
In July 2015, a court in the capital Tripoli in absentia found Saif Islam Gaddafi guilty of committing war crimes during the 2011 unrest and sentenced him and a number of then-high-ranking Libyan officials to death by firing squad.
In December 2015, Libya’s two rival governments — the internationally-recognized Council of Deputies in Tobruk and the Islamist-dominated General National Congress in Tripoli — agreed to create a Government of National Accord and end the political struggle.
