Libyan Sought by I.C.C. for War Crimes Is Released by Italy, Sparking Backlash

Par : Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo

24 janvier 2025 à 14:17

The government attributed the release to procedural reasons. But critics say it is because Italy depends on Libya to stem the flow of migrants from Africa.

Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni, opposition members of Italy’s Parliament, denounced the government’s release of Osama Elmasry Njeem at a news conference on Thursday.

Italy says Libya war crimes suspect was sent home due to ‘social dangerousness’

The Guardian

Par : Reuters

24 janvier 2025 à 01:34

General Osama Najim was released on a technicality and repatriated by Italy without any prior consultation, says international criminal court

Italy’s interior minister said on Thursday a Libyan man detained under an international war crimes arrest warrant and then unexpectedly released had been swiftly repatriated because of his “social dangerousness“.

Osama Najim, also known as Almasri, was detained on Sunday in Turin under an arrest warrant issued by The Hague-based international criminal court (ICC).

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ICC chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women

The Guardian

Par : Emma Graham-Harrison and Zahra Joya

23 janvier 2025 à 19:41

Reasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity are being committed against women and girls in Afghanistan, application says

The international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has requested arrest warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader and Afghanistan’s chief justice on the grounds that their persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity.

It marks the first time the prosecutor has built a case around systemic crimes against women and girls, legal experts say. It is also a rare moment of vindication for Afghan activists, who over the last three years have often felt abandoned by the international community even as Taliban oppression deepened.

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