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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Corder

Germany sends a Libyan suspected of war crimes to the ICC to face justice

ICC Annual Meeting - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Libyan accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in a Tripoli prison has been sent by Germany to the International Criminal Court to face justice.

ICC prosecutors allege Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was a senior commander at the Mitiga prison, where they say he ordered or oversaw atrocities including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence between 2015 and 2020.

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