SAIF AL-ISLAM WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HIS ABSENCE FOR VIOLENTLY SUPPRESSING PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN 2011 HE IS EXPECTED TO APPEAL HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD BY REBELS IN ZINTAN HE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH ALONG WITH EIGHT OTHER MEMBERS OF GADDAFI’S REGIME THE REBELS OPPOSE THE GOVERNMENT IN TRIPOLI WHICH HAS NO SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE LIBYAN CAPITAL