Overview
- Libya’s attorney general reports findings of torture of at least ten inmates at Tripoli’s main prison and the death of one detainee from torture.
- Authorities have referred the case to trial with Njeem held in pretrial detention.
- The suspect is wanted by the International Criminal Court on allegations including war crimes, murder, torture and sexual violence.
- Italian police detained him in Turin in January before the government freed and flew him back to Libya two days later, triggering an inquiry that the lower house shut down in October.
- Italy and Libya renewed their migration memorandum on Nov. 2, underscoring tight bilateral ties as Tripoli proceeds with a domestic prosecution.