As the scandal over the release of Libyan warlord Almasri continues to shake Italy, survivors of Libya’s migrant detention ...

The Italian government has been under fire from the ICC, human rights groups and opposition lawmakers ever since it freed al-Masri from prison on Jan. 21 and sent him back to Libya aboard an Italian ...

Italy’s actions are indicative of a systemic issue where legal technicalities are exploited to shield individuals who serve ...

The government attributed the release to procedural reasons. But critics say it is because Italy depends on Libya to stem the flow of migrants from Africa. By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been placed under judicial investigation after her government released a ...

Judges at the International Criminal Court are investigating whether Italy's release of a Libyan military officer wanted for ...

Italy is accused of releasing Libyan officials wanted on international warrants in return for limiting migrant flows.

Italy has close ties to Libya's internationally recognized government in Tripoli and relies on it to patrol its coasts and prevent migrants from leaving. Any trial of al-Masri in The Hague could ...

A refugee advocate caught up in an Italian political scandal over the recent release of an alleged war criminal was targeted ...

With a flourish worthy of Scipio Africanus, Pietro Badoglio, Marshal of Italy and Governor of the colonies of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (now known as Italian Libya), reported to II Duce last week ...

But Rome’s court of appeals ordered al-Masri freed Tuesday, and he was sent back to Libya aboard an aircraft of the Italian secret services, because of what the appeals court said was a ...

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, left, and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio attend a debate in the Italian lower Chamber in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, over the controversial repatriation, ...