Italy says International Criminal Court made an 'immense mess' out of Libyan warlord arrest warrant Italy’s justice minister strongly defended the government's decision to repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, saying Wednesday that the court itself had made an "immense mess” of the case.
When the court announced it was unsealing the warrant on Jan. 24, it said that it was issuing an updated warrant to “correct certain typographical and clerical errors.” The revised warrant speaks only of alleged crimes between 2015-2024.
The ICC warrant available on the court's website accuses al-Masri of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Mitiga prison in Libya starting in 2015 that are punishable with life in prison.
The Italian government has said Rome’s court of appeals ordered him released Jan. 21 because of a technical problem in the way that the ICC warrant was transmitted, having initially bypassed the Italian justice ministry.
Nordio told the lower chamber of parliament that he was right to proceed carefully with the Jan. 18 warrant against Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, who is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
