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Italy’s Authorization Committee Blocks Trials of Three Ministers in Almasri Case

A full Chamber vote on the authorizations is scheduled for 9 October.

Overview

  • The Chamber’s Giunta per le Autorizzazioni rejected requests to proceed against Justice Minister Carlo Nordio, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano.
  • The case now moves to the floor on 9 October, when a center‑right rapporteur will present the dossier and opposition deputy Federico Gianassi will deliver a minority report.
  • The text considered by the committee had been introduced by rapporteur Federico Gianassi and was backed by opposition members.
  • Libyan outlets report that General Osama Njeem Almasri has been removed from his security roles and replaced by General Suleiman Ajaj, a move attributed to judicial police chief Abdul Fattah Dubub during an internal reshuffle.
  • Almasri, described as wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, was arrested in Italy and later released and repatriated, as a video circulated last summer was subsequently dated to earlier years.