ROME (AP) — Italy’s justice minister strongly defended the ... lawmakers ever since it freed al-Masri from prison on Jan. 21 and sent him back to Libya aboard an Italian military aircraft. Al-Masri ...
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. By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo ...
Italy’s actions are indicative of a systemic issue where legal technicalities are exploited to shield individuals who serve ...
Italy's justice minister said on Wednesday Rome had no choice but to free a Libyan military officer wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court because of what he described as mistakes ...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been placed under judicial investigation after her government released a ...
The EU donated $487m between 2015-21 to Libya through the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, with operations expected to ...
Italy is accused of releasing Libyan officials wanted on international warrants in return for limiting migrant flows.
Italy has close ties to Libya's internationally recognized government in Tripoli and relies on it to patrol its coasts and prevent migrants from leaving. Any trial of al-Masri in The Hague could ...
ROME — Italian police arrested a Libyan warlord on a warrant from the International Criminal Court, but an Italian tribunal refused to approve the arrest and he was instead sent back to Libya ...
A refugee advocate caught up in an Italian political scandal over the recent release of an alleged war criminal was targeted ...
Opposition members of parliament display placards in Italian reading "Meloni where are you?", during a debate in the Italian lower Chamber in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, over the controversial ...
but an Italian tribunal refused to approve the arrest and he was instead sent back to Libya, Italy's state-run RAI television reported. Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, heads the ...