Overview

• German federal police detained Khaled al-Hishri at Berlin Brandenburg Airport on July 16 at the request of the International Criminal Court
• ICC prosecutors accuse al-Hishri of overseeing the murder, torture and rape of prisoners held by the Rada militia in Tripoli
• As a senior figure in the Salafist-aligned Rada militia, he controlled Mitiga Airport and its adjacent detention facilities where UN reports documented severe abuses
• Al-Hishri remains in German custody pending his transfer to The Hague, where he could become the first Libyan militia leader tried by the ICC
• The German Foreign Office continues to warn against travel to Libya following heavy clashes between rival militias in Tripoli