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There is no open case with the ICC over Almasri. Image: ICC

No open case with ICC over Almasri affair

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

There is no open case at the ICC against Italian officials, an ICC spokesman confirmed on Thursday.

Luca Casarini to File Complaint Over Alleged Spyware Use

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Luca Casarini, mission chief and founder of NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, announced on Thursday that he will file a criminal complaint with prosecutors in Rome or Palermo. This over the alleged use of military-grade hacking software by Paragon Solutions to spy on 90 individuals, including himself.

Paragon Solutions Terminates Contract with Italy

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Paragon Solutions, the surveillance technology firm accused of deploying military-grade spyware against journalists and activists in multiple countries, has severed ties with Italy following revelations of alleged misuse.

Meloni says majority will pass new election law if opposition refuses to talk Meloni described not as Frodo but "butter man" by Matteo Renzi

Opposition attack Meloni for not facing Parliament

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italia Viva (IV) leader and senator Matteo Renzi criticised Premier Giorgia Meloni in the Upper House on Wednesday. He called her a “butter man” who was “strong with the weak and weak with the strong” after Justice Minister Carlo Nordio and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi reported on Libyan official Osama Almasri’s release and flight home.

Interior Minister Piantedosi in Parliament

Nordio and Piantedosi report to Lower House over Almasri

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi dismissed claims on Wednesday that the government had been blackmailed into releasing Libyan general Osama Almasri last month after his arrest in Turin on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.

Release of Libyan Police Chief. Credit: @MarcoFattorini / X

Nordio and Piantedosi to report to Lower House on Almasri case

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Justice Minister Carlo Nordio and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi will report to the Lower House and Senate on Wednesday, live on TV, regarding the case of Libyan general Osama Almasri.

FdI party calls for ‘responsibility’

February 2, 2025February 2, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Arianna Meloni, head of the secretariat for Premier Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, called for responsibility on Saturday.

Picture shown by Refugees in Libya questioning the release of Libyan commander Almasri

Refugees in Libya NGO demands answers over release of Almasri

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A spokesperson for the NGO Refugees in Libya has questioned why Libyan judicial police commander Najeem Osama Almasri Habish was released and sent back to Libya. The issue was raised during a press conference held by opposition members at the Lower House on Wednesday.

Luigi Li Gotti says his complaint against Meloni was a judicial one, not political, referring to the release of the Libyan wanted for war crimes.

Judicial choice not political – Li Gotti

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Attorney Luigi Li Gotti said Wednesday that his criminal complaint against Premier Giorgia Meloni and officials was a judicial choice, not political.

Almasri probe into Meloni, Nordio and Piantedosi

Meloni, Nordio and Piantedosi probe over Almasri

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday she received notice of investigation over Libyan judicial police commander Najeem Osema Almasri Habish. The International Criminal Court (ICC) wants him for war crimes.