The Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said that Rome had no other choice but to release the Libyan war crimes of suspects for “mistakes and inaccuracies” in an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Osama Almasri Najji, head of the Libya Judicial Police, was arrested in Turin on January 19th.
Two days later, Released and flew back to Tripola in an Italian Air Force Air Force.
Mr. Najji is facing various accusations, including murder, rape and torture related to his role in the Tripoli detention center of Mitig, and has condemned his release from opposition parties and non -governmental organizations.
Speaking to the Italian parliament on Wednesday, Carlo Nordio said that the order that led to the detention Mr. Naji was full of “inaccuracy, failure, deviations and contradictory conclusions”, which meant that Libya citizen could not be in prison.
Interior Minister Matteo Pianatedosa said that the Lord was expelled because “the risk of national security”.
The pictures shared by the Libyan media show a cheerful crowd that welcomed the Lord of the Society, it was widely circulated by the Italian media. ICC requested an explanation for the Italian authorities.
Elly Schlein, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party (PD), accused Nordio of speaking not as a government minister, but as “a lawyer for the torturer”.
Last week Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni found that she, Nordio and Pianatedos were under investigation regarding Mr. Najim.
A special court dealing with cases involving ministers began an investigation.
David Yambio, a 27-year-old from southern Sudan who says he was abused at Tripoli’s Mitiga prison, told the BBC that Italy was “a copyman in crimes taking place in Libya.”
He says he first met with Mr. Najim after caught at sea as he tried to cross the Mediterranean on the boat and returned to Libya.
After being forced to join the militia – which he says is “pure nightmare” – Mr. Yambio ended up in Mitiga, where he says he suffered months of torture. He also said that he saw the Lord abuse other migrants.
“The injustice we suffered and how Italy became a copy of our eyes, it is clear. They took us away from us.”
“Our martyr was in Italy, arrested, then smuggled back to Libya,” Mr. Yambio added.
As an ICC signatory, Italy is legally obliged to carry out the orders of the court.
But critics suggest that the decision of Italy is to release the Lord of our best may have influenced his political and business ties with Libya.
In 2017, the Central Government of Paolo Gentiloni concluded a contract with Tripoli in which Italy paid the Libyan Coast Guard to intercept migrant ships Before they reach the Italian shores.
Non -governmental organizations have consistently criticized this policy, which they say is exposed to migrants in difficult conditions in libiyan detention centers.
The case has been dominated by Italian titles for weeks.
Still, it is unlikely that the investigation of melons, the Nordio and the Pianatedos will give all significant consequences given the solid government parliamentary majority.
Last week, the melons suggested that the investigation was part of a politically motivated attack on the left and said that it would not be “blackmailed or intimidated”.
But some commentators believe that the ability of Libya to influence the relationship with Rome emphasizes the vulnerability of Italy to migration – one of the leading questions of melons.
“While the melons insist on being not sensitive to the blackmail of the judiciary, it is very vulnerable to Libya, given the fixation of migration,” said Nathalie Tocci, director of the Roman Institute for International Affairs.
She added that the question was “weapon and exploited” Libya.
“The implicit message is: either you release the Lord of our own or let us release migrant ships.”
Libya plays a key role in the success of Melonia’s Mattei plan – an ambitious set of policies aimed at increasing European cooperation with Africa in exchange for suppressing irregular migration.
“The question of Libya is and the question remains … national security, which means the safety of all citizens,” said former Interior Minister Marco Miniti, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
“Much of national security is played outside national borders.”
For Mr. Yambija and other survivors of the atrocities, for which the Lord of the Najj was charged, the release of the man he said was tortured is “deep betrayal.”
In a letter to Giorgia melons, they called on the end of Italian migration agreement, as well as the release of those still detained in the Libyan camps.
“We are witnesses of so many crimes that Mr. The most responsible is,” Mr. Yambio said.
