Italy says International Criminal Court made an 'immense mess' out of Libyan warlord arrest warrant
Wednesday, 5 February 2025 Italy’s justice minister has strongly defended the government’s decision to free and repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court. Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said Wednesday that The Hague-based court itself had made an "immense mess” of the case with an arrest warrant that had contradictions that rendered it void. The Italian government has been under fire from the ICC, human rights groups and opposition lawmakers ever since it freed Ossama al-Masri on Jan. 21 and sent him back to Libya aboard an Italian military aircraft. Al-Masri heads the Tripoli branch of the Reform and Rehabilitation Institution. It's a notorious network of detention centers run by the government-backed Special Defense Force.
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