Osama Elmasry Njeem, also known as Osama Almasri Njeem, was detained last week in Turin, Italy, on an arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity, including murder, torture, and rape. He was released last week and flown home by an Italian state aircraft.
The ICC has pleaded for an explanation, claiming that Njeem’s departure was not the result of consultation.
In a video message that was posted to social media on Tuesday, Meloni claimed that Francesco Lo Voi, the chief prosecutor of Rome, was looking into her alleged involvement in a crime and the misuse of public funds.
Meloni pushed back on allegations of wrongdoing, saying that she “will not be blackmailed” and “will not be intimidated over an investigation”.
She claimed that the undersecretary for intelligence matters was also being investigated by prosecutors, along with Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, and the cabinet.
Njeem was taken into custody in Turin earlier this month, but the Italian government unanticipatedly released him two days later. Then Tripoli was flown to him on an official state aircraft.
Njeem had been swiftly repatriated for “reasons of state security,” the interior minister told parliament last week.
Opposition leaders lashed out at his explanation, and Piantedosi and Nordio are scheduled to address parliament on Wednesday to discuss what transpired in a case that has strained relations between Rome and the ICC.
Njeem is the head of the notorious Libyan network of detention facilities run by the government-backed Special Defense Force (SDF), Tripoli.
Njeem is alleged to have been in charge of Tripoli’s Mitiga detention facility and is wanted on charges of murder, rape, sexual assault, and torture since February 15, 2015.
Following the NATO-backed uprising that led to the assassination and assassination of long-standing Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the SDF was linked to atrocities in the civil war.
Source: Aljazeera
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