Source: Politico
“Giorgia Meloni’s government is facing backlash after it released a Libyan general wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes. Najeem Osema Almasri Habish, head of the Libyan judicial police, is accused by the court in The Hague of war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed in a prison near Tripoli where migrants are detained. He was arrested on Sunday in Turin, where he had come to watch a Juventus football match, on the basis of the ICC’s arrest warrant. His arrest was welcomed by migrant rescue charities and rights groups, who said it would help end the cycle of impunity for human rights abuses in Libya. But an Italian court ruled that prosecutors had made a procedural mistake, and released him Tuesday. He was repatriated to Libya on an Italian government plane, according to a Libyan government official.” (01/22/25)
https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-giorgia-meloni-under-fire-after-freeing-libya-warlord/