from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 2008. Through the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF), Saif pledged a donation of £1.5 million to support the work of the LSE's Centre for the Study of Global Governance on civil society organisations in North Africa. Following the LSE–Gaddafi affair, the LSE issued a statement indicating that it would cut all financial ties with the country and would accept no further money from the GICDF, having already received and spent the first £300,000 instalment of the donation. Critics have charged that Gaddafi plagiarized portions of his doctoral dissertation and pressure was put on the LSE to revoke his degree. The LSE set up a review process to evaluate the plagiarism charges in early 2011. In November 2011, the review panel stated that the PhD thesis had been "annotated to show where attribution or references should have been made" and recommended that the PhD itself "should not be revoked". See also Alleged Libyan interference in the 2007 French elections References External links Profile at GlobalSecurity.org Factbox: Facts about Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Reuters'', 21 February 2011 1972 births Living people Saif al-Islam People from Tripoli, Libya People of the First Libyan Civil War People involved in plagiarism controversies Academic scandals Libyan people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Libyan people of Croatian descent Libyan people of Hungarian descent Libyan Sunni Muslims Libyan prisoners sentenced to death Fugitives wanted by the International Criminal Court Sons of national leaders Libyan Arab Socialist Union politicians Libyan politicians convicted of crimes Alumni of the London School of Economics Prisoners sentenced to death by Libya Libyan engineers