Libya war crimes were suspected due to errors in warrant, Italy says
Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has said that Rome had no option but to leave Libya’s war crimes due to “errors and inaccuracy” in an arrest warrant issued by Rome.
Osama Almasari Nazim, the head of Libya Judicial Police, was arrested on 19 January in Turin.
Two days later, He was released and blown back to Tripoli in an Italian Air Force aircraft,
Mr. Nazim faces various allegations including murder, rape and torture associated with his role at Tripoli’s Mitiga Detention Center, and his release condemned opposition parties and NGOs.
Addressing the Italian Parliament on Wednesday, Carlo Nordio said that the warrant influenced the custody of Shri Nazim with “defamation, lapse, discrepancies and contradictory conclusions”, which meant that Libya’s citizen could not be kept in jail. Was.
Internal Minister Mateo Piantedosi said that Mr. Nazim was expelled as he was “national security risk”.
The images shared by the Libya Media shows a jubilent crowd that widespread a wide broadcast on Italian media welcoming Mr. Nazim. The ICC has demanded clarification from Italian officials.
Opposition Democratic Party (PD) leader Elli Schlen accused Nordio of speaking not as a government minister but as a “defense lawyer for a torture”.
Last week, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Told that he was investigating in relation to the release of Nazim, Nordio and Piantedosi Mr. Nazim.,
A special court that handles cases related to ministers has begun an investigation.
A 27 -year -old David Yambio, a 27 -year -old South Sudan, says that he was misused in Tripoli’s Mitiga Jail, told the BBC that Italy “was entangled in the atrocities in Libya”.
He says that he first faced Mr. Nazim when he was caught in the sea, while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea on a boat and returned to Libya.
When he was forced to join a militia – who he says “a pure nightmare” – Sri Yambio ended in Mitiga, where he says he had to face torture for months. He also said that he saw Mr. Nazim misusing other migrants.
“The injustice that we have happened, and how Italy became complicated in our eyes is clear. They took away justice from us.”
“Our torturer was in Italy, he was arrested, and then he was smuggled back to Libya,” said Mr. Yambio.
As a signator of the ICC, Italy is legally obliged to execute the court warrant.
But critics suggest that Italy’s decision to free Mr. Nazim may be influenced by his political and business relations with Libia.
In 2017, Paolo Gentilloni’s Central-Vam Sarkar A deal with Tripoli that saw Italy paid to the Coast Guard of Libya to disrupt the migrant boats Before they reach the Italian coasts.
NGOs have constantly criticized this policy, which they say that migrants have been exposed in strict circumstances in Libya’s detention centers.
The case has now been in the headlines for weeks.
Nevertheless, it is possible that the investigation of Meloni, Nordio and Pianndosi will get any meaningful results, given the government’s solid parliamentary majority.
Last week, Meloni suggested that the investigation was part of a politically inspired attack from the left side and said it would not be “blackmail or scared”.
But some commentators believe that Libya’s ability to take advantage of her relationship with Rome highlights vulnerability on Italy’s migration – one of the major issues of Meloni.
“Meloni insisted that he is not susceptible to blackmail from the judiciary, he is highly unsafe for Libya, determining his migration,” said Nathli Toki, director of the Institute for International Affairs, Rome. “
He said that the issue was “arms and exploitation” by Libya.
“The contained message is: either you leave Mr. Nazim or we will let us go through migrant boats.”
Libya plays an important role in Matei’s Matei scheme success – an ambitious set of policies that aim to promote European cooperation with Africa in exchange for curbing irregular stay.
“Libya’s question is that national security, safety of all citizens,” told to the Italian newspaper Courier Dela Sera. ”
“A large part of national security is played beyond national boundaries.”
For Mr. Yambio and other survivors, who are accused of Mr. Nazim, they are accused, the person who has tortured him is “a deep betrayal”.
In a letter to Giorgia Meloni, he called for abolishing the Italy-Libya Migration Agreement, as well as the release of those detained in Libya camps.
“We are witness to so many crimes that Mr. Nazim is responsible,” Mr. Yambio said.
