Saif Gaddafi 'only charged with failure to licence camels' After stalling on bringing more serious charges such as murder, the Libyans were said to be pursing evidence for capital crimes but are refusing to contemplate sending him overseas. Reed Brody, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, said Libya's determination to put Saif, 39, on trial had jeopardised efforts to bring Col Gaddafi's heir apparent to justice. The captured former London School of Economics graduate, who has lost two fingers and a thumb tip in a revenge attack by his gaolers, should be handed over to The Hague. "The Libyan authorities have a clear obligation under UN Security Council resolution 1970 to surrender Saif," he said. Trial at the ICC is a last resort but the ability of the Libyans to be able to do complex criminal trials of this sort is not present in the chaotic current circumstances. The charges being pursued by Saif are relatively minor but need to be the most serious under international law otherwise they will squander this important opportunity to bring him to justice. Lawyers appointed to handle Saif's defence demanded Tripoli abandon its plans to try Saif. "At no point have the Libyan authorities been legally justified in their failure to surrender him to the ICC," lawyers Xavier-Jean Keita and Melinda Taylor said. The brutal death of Muammar Gaddafi deprived the Libyan people of their right to justice, and their right to the truth. It would be a travesty for the prospects of a free and fair Libyan state if the same were to occur to his son. Mr Keita added that Mr Gaddafi had been "physically assaulted" while in detention. Amnesty International added its voice to the chorus of criticism of the failure to hand over Saif. "This clear ruling by the ICC judges should effectively bring an end to the long-running saga over the fate of Saif al-Islam," said Marek Marczyński, its head of justice said: Libya must act on the ICC's decision and surrender Saif al-Islam without further delay. The Hague-based court ordered Tripoli to "comply with its obligations to enforce the warrant of arrest" and surrender him into the court's custody without delay. In a written ruling judges at the court rejected a request by Libya to postpone handing over Saif and urged the country's rulers to "proceed immediately with the surrender." But the issue is further complicated by the refusal of militias in Zintan, a mountain region where he has been held since his capture last year, to hand over Saif to the national government in Tripoli. The new government has set aside a purpose-built prison the size of a mansion to hold Saif in solitary confinement until a verdict is reached.