The Italian government has blamed its release of a Libyan war crimes suspect on a flawed arrest warrant issued by the ...

International court demands answers after Italy released Osama Elmasry Njeem, who is accused of abusing detainees.

Rome's decision to release Osama Almasri Najim drew condemnation from Italian opposition parties, NGOs and the ICC.

The justice minister said the court had noted discrepancies concerning dates within the arrest warrant, with the same crimes listed as occurring in February 2011 and in other parts in February 2015.

Italy’s justice minister strongly defended the government's decision to repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by the ...

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, left, and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio attend a debate in the Italian lower ...

Meloni described the probe as 'clearly a deliberate act' and that the prosecutor who passed on the complaint to the court was ...

Osama Elmasry Njeem is a brigadier general in Libya's Judicial Police ... The court informed Italian authorities and Njeem ...

He was swiftly repatriated to Libya and the minister said this was because of his “social dangerousness“. Osama, also known as Almasri, was initially arrested on Sunday in Turin, Italy under ...

Italy detained Osama Elmasry Njeem, also known as Osama Almasri Njeem, on Sunday in Turin after receiving a ... alleged serious crimes committed in Libya since the country’s 2011 civil war ...

A senior Libyan officer, Almasri is wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in prisons in Libya. He was apprehended on 19 January 2025 in Turin, Italy, and allowed to ...

Najim was arrested last Sunday in Turin under a warrant from the International Criminal Court on charges of committing crimes against humanity, including rape and murder, in addition to using detained ...