Italy has sparked outrage from human rights groups after releasing a Libyan warlord accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity on a technicality. The warlord, Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, was arrested in Turin on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing him of atrocities committed in the Mitiga prison in Libya starting in 2015.
The ICC issued a statement reminding Italy of its obligation to cooperate fully with its prosecutions. Despite the warrant and real-time information about al-Masri's whereabouts, Italy released him due to a procedural error in his arrest, as ruled by Rome's court of appeals.
