Italy accused of breaching migrants’ rights over release of Libyan militia chief

Two migrants are suing Italy in the European Court of Human Rights over its release of a Libyan warlord wanted for crimes against humanity. A man from South Sudan and a woman from the Ivory Coast claim they were tortured in a Libyan detention center in which thousands of migrants have been detained since warring factions took control of Libya in 2011. The center was allegedly overseen by Osama Al-Masri Njeem, who was arrested in Italy in January 2025 on an international arrest warrant issued by