Nordio: "The magistrate censored me." The ICC thanks Germany for the arrest of Almasri's right-hand man.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) thanked Germany for the arrest of former high-ranking Libyan official Khaled al-Hisri , known as Al-Bouti, considered a key associate of Libyan General Osama Njeem Almasri , and thanked the German authorities for their cooperation. He was arrested yesterday in Germany on a secret warrant issued by the ICC charging him with crimes against humanity and war crimes .

At the same time as the Hague-based Court's official pronouncement, Justice Minister Carlo Nordio returned to the topic during the fourth edition of "Parlate di Mafia," organized by Fratelli d'Italia at the Rome Chamber of Commerce. Nordio specifically addressed the issue of criticism directed at him by a magistrate while he was on duty : "The other day, a magistrate on duty dared to point out in a newspaper all the mistakes the minister made in the Almasri case. For a magistrate to dare censor things I did in a newspaper—in any country in the world, they would have called the nurses. It could be a matter of evaluation ."

"The magistrates," the minister added, "are convinced they enjoy such impunity that they can say whatever they want. This will remain the case until we implement a reform because there are no sanctions for improper flooding ."

Regarding the latest developments regarding the Almasri case, Nordio responded as follows: "When will I report to the Chamber on the Almasri case? When the time comes."

Following Al-Buti's arrest in Germany, the International Criminal Court has issued eight other arrest warrants against Libyans. Among them is Almasri , who was arrested in Italy and later repatriated to Libya.

The ICC recalls that on May 12, Libya accepted the Court's jurisdiction over its territory for events recorded between 2011 and 2027. Among those wanted is Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, one of the sons of the country's former leader.

Al-Bouti is the right-hand man of Abdul Raouf Kara, the leader of the Salafist militia Special Deterrence Forces (Rada), which also includes Osama Almasri and which sows terror in Mitiga prison. Almasri is the head of the judicial police that oversees Tripoli's detention centers, and is accused of war crimes for cases of "cruel treatment, torture, rape, sexual violence, and murder" committed in the penitentiary.

The news was reported yesterday on the social media of Brigade 444, an ally of the government of internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah of Tripoli, who is at war with the Salafists of Rada for control of the Libyan capital.

Al-Bouti's arrest took place in Frankfurt. In recent weeks, Tripoli has been the scene of violent armed clashes between pro- and anti-Dbeibah government militias, which erupted on May 12 following the killing of Abdel Ghani al-Kikli.

The United Nations panel of experts also investigated him . According to UN investigators, Al-Bouti held a senior position in the prison where "arbitrary detention, torture, confiscation of property, and sexual humiliation of female prisoners by guards" were reported. The Libyan had recently disappeared. According to some rumors, he was also protected by alleged "diplomatic assignments."