British Revoke Diplomatic Immunity Muammar Gaddafi

The British government revoke the diplomatic immunity Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, along with his entire family. Gaddafi also called for Britain to immediately stepped down from the leadership, to meet the demands of the people of Libya are still shouted until today.

This was conveyed by British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, Sunday, February 27, 2011, as quoted from the pages of The Independent. In his statement, Hague said that Libya has been on the brink of civil war and Muammar Gaddafi did not also act to improve the situation, even worsen.

"What we see here is a country that was heading towards civil war, with various scenes of the gruesome killings of demonstrators and the government that create their own war," Hague said.

"This is the time Muammar Gaddafi down. That's the only hope for Libya," said Hague again. He expressed the position of the UK that do not support at all the violence in Libya.

One way is to revoke the diplomatic immunity, not only Muammar Gaddafi, but the entire family. With the lifting of diplomatic immunity, the Gaddafi and his whole family, can be prosecuted if he visited England.

"Last night I signed an order to revoke the diplomatic immunity Muammar Gaddafi in the UK, as well as his diplomatic immunity, his family and all relatives. With this clear British position regarding the status of head of state Gaddafi," said Hague.

While that, like other countries, Britain is working to evacuate its citizens from Libya. Hague said that there are citizens in Libya, but only a little. About 300 British citizens will be transported by the British naval ship HMS Cumberland.

"Currently we are working intensively to find know anyone who is still in Libya and in which they were to then take them out of Libya. We continue to urge Britons to get out of Libya," said Hague.

Previously, the British government has evacuated dozens of workers in Libya, British oil company to use military aircraft. Evacuation sudden and secret nature of this done without the permission of government Gaddafi following the increasingly precarious situation.