“ Osema Almasri Najim, the former head of the country’s judicial police, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, rape and murder of prisoners, was arrested in the Libyan capital. Source: The Guardian Details: Libyan prosecutors officially confirmed Almasri’s arrest on Wednesday. The arrest was made on the basis of evidence collected by Libyan investigators during the verification of the charges brought by the ICC. In the statement of the prosecutor’s office, it is noted that the investigation revealed “violations of human rights against the prisoners of the main prison of Tripoli, who declared that they were subjected to torture and inhuman, degrading treatment.” According to the report, Almasry was questioned about the ill-treatment of at least 10 prisoners and the death of one of them due to torture. Libyan law enforcement officials said the arrest was made because “enough evidence was found to support the charges.” It is worth noting that the ICC warrant for Almasri’s arrest includes a much broader list of crimes, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape and murder. In January, Almasri was already detained in Turin, Italy, on an ICC warrant, but two days later he was released and returned to Libya aboard an Italian Air Force plane. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni then explained this decision by the fact that the general allegedly posed a “threat to national security.” The incident sparked sharp criticism of Maloney’s government, which was accused of pandering to Libya because of Italy’s dependence on Tripoli’s cooperation in stemming migration across the Mediterranean. The ICC said at the time that Italy had breached its international obligations under the Rome Statute by failing to execute the warrant for Almasri’s arrest and transfer. After that, the prosecutor’s office in Rome began an investigation against Maloney herself and three of her government officials – on suspicion of aiding and abetting a crime and misusing an Air Force aircraft. Despite the fact that Libya is not a party to the Rome Statute, in May of this year it recognized the authority of the ICC to investigate war crimes committed on its territory.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The Guardian
Details: On Wednesday, the Libyan prosecutor’s office officially confirmed Almasri’s detention. The arrest was made on the basis of evidence collected by Libyan investigators during the verification of the charges brought by the ICC. In the statement of the prosecutor’s office, it is noted that the investigation revealed “violations of human rights against the prisoners of the main prison of Tripoli, who declared that they were subjected to torture and inhuman, degrading treatment.”
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According to the report, Almasry was questioned about the ill-treatment of at least 10 prisoners and the death of one of them due to torture. Libyan law enforcement officials said the arrest was made because “enough evidence was found to support the charges.”
It is worth noting that the ICC warrant for Almasri’s arrest includes a much broader list of crimes, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape and murder.
Almasry already in January detained in Turin, Italy, on an ICJ warrant, but was released two days later and returned to Libya aboard an Italian Air Force plane. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni then explained this decision by the fact that the general allegedly posed a “threat to national security.”
This incident caused sharp criticism to the Meloni government, which was accused of pandering to Libya because of Italy’s dependence on cooperation with Tripoli in curbing migration across the Mediterranean.
The ICC said at the time that Italy had breached its international obligations under the Rome Statute by failing to execute the warrant for Almasri’s arrest and transfer. After that, the Prosecutor’s Office of Rome started an investigation against Maloney herself and three of her government officials – on suspicion of aiding and abetting a crime and improper use of an Air Force aircraft.
Despite the fact that Libya is not a party to the Rome Statute, in May of this year it recognized the authority of the ICC to investigate war crimes committed on its territory.