Murder, torture and sexual assault! Who is Almasri, who brought Giorgia Meloni under investigation?

2025-01-29 13:14:52Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Murder, torture and sexual assault! Who is Almasri, who brought Giorgia Meloni
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The repatriation of Libyan warlord Njeim Osama Elmasry, known as Almasry, has brought Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni under investigation. Almasry held the post of head of the Libyan Judicial Police, but was arrested in Turin on a final arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. Although arrested, he was released and repatriated to Libya. The "crimes" Meloni is alleged to have committed are aiding and abetting a detainee and "embezzlement".

But who is the "torturer of Mitiga" for whom an international arrest warrant is pending?

Indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes, he is responsible for coordinating, ordering and committing murders, sexual violence and torture in Tripoli prison, particularly in Mitiga, where he detained thousands of migrants hoping to reach Europe. The alleged acts against him are alleged to have been committed in Libya starting in 2015, rainews writes.

Almasri is part of an Islamist military group called Rada and has headed the Institute for the Reform and Rehabilitation of the Tripoli Judicial Police since 2021. The confidant of commander-in-chief Abdel Raouf Kara, the leader of the militia that controls the airport and prisons, began his military career against Gaddafi's forces and then against ISIS and finally against Haftar's mercenaries.

He has been to Europe several times in recent years and also to Italy, before there was an international arrest warrant against him. He probably knows the details of the agreements between Italy and Libya on migrants, agreements that Italy began to sign in 2017 with the Gentiloni government. The commander-in-chief is accused of murder, torture and of managing the trafficking of money and smugglers who bring migrants to Europe. The warrant for his arrest was issued on January 18.

The International Criminal Court and the charges

The International Criminal Court is an international criminal court based in The Hague, Netherlands, and is responsible for prosecuting persons accused of the most serious international crimes, genocide, and war crimes.

In 2018, a report by the United Nations Human Rights Office classified Mitiga prison as a "hell," describing dramatic conditions: "2,600 men, women and children" crowded into cramped spaces, without access to lawyers or courts. Torture and other human rights violations are reported in these centers. 

According to the judges of the International Criminal Court, who are based on investigations by independent associations, eyewitnesses and journalistic investigations, Almasri is directly involved, often together with his people, in systematic abuses, especially against prisoners accused of religious crimes, atheism, Christianity or homosexuality./voice


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