Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that – along with several ministers from her government – she was covered by a prosecutor's investigation into the release of Libyan detained in Turin Osama Andżiem, wanted in connection with the accusation of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced in social media that she received a notification about the initiation of an investigation into the exemption from the detention center in Turin Libyan Osama Andjiem. Investigation, she added, is conducted in the matter of aid and misconception.
She noted that she received this formal information from the prosecutor, who had previously been ineffectively chased Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on charges of holding migrants on the ship.
The head of the government emphasized that similar notifications about the investigation were awarded to the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio, head of the Ministry of Interior Piantedosi and Alfredo Mantovano from the Office of the Council of Ministers. Giorgia Meloni said that it is impossible to “intimidate” and she would not succumb to “blackmail”.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia MelonsStr/PAP/EPA
The Prime Minister considered a “peculiarity” that International Criminal Court (MTK) issued an order to arrest the head of the Libyan court police when he was to enter the territory Italian After – she added – “he stayed calmly for 12 days in three other European countries.”
Solidarity with prime ministers and ministers covered by the investigation was expressed by the vice -presidents: the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini.
Release of the Libyan warlord
Andż, also known as Osama Al-Masri, was arrested in Turin and after a few days released by the Italian court, as initially explained, for “formal reasons” and because of “procedural errors”. Then he returned to Libya On board of the Italian special forces aircraft, welcomed enthusiastically in Tripoli by their supporters.
He is a Libyan officer of services fighting terrorism and organized crime. As the director of the Office of Reform and Rehabilitation of the Court Police in the Ministry of Justice in Tripoli, he supervised prisons in which, according to the international criminal tribunal in Hague, he committed crimes on prisoners, mainly migrants and political prisoners.
According to Italian media, citing witnesses in Libya, he is responsible for the death of over 30 people.
When Osama Andż returned to Libya, the Tribunal demanded explanations from the Italian authorities and stated that the government in Rome did not consult this matter with him. The Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi then explained in parliament that the Libyan was expelled to his country because he was recognized as a “dangerous” person.
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