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“On January 18, 2025, preliminary chamber I of the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Mr. Osama Almasri Najim as part of the situation in Libya,” said the ICC. Mr. Najim, who would have been responsible for the Mitiga detention center in Tripoli (northwest), is wanted for murders, rapes and tortures, committed since February 15, 2015. The alleged crimes were committed against prisoners due to prisoners From their religion, or when they were suspected of “immoral behavior” or to support or be affiliated with armed groups, said the ICC.
According to Italian media, Mr. Najim was arrested in a Turin hotel under a mandate from the ICC, following information from Interpol. But, “without prior notification or consultation of the Court, Mr. Osama Najim would have been released and brought back to Libya”, according to the ICC.
The Court seeks to obtain, and has not yet obtained from the authorities, that we verify the measures that would have been taken, “added the ICC. The ICC, of which Rome is a state party and whose founding status bears the name of the Italian capital, argued that it had “deliberately” abstained to comment on the arrest of Mr. Najim “at the request of the authorities Italian and out of respect for them ”.
