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Najim was arrested in the northern Italian city of Turin on 19 January on an ICC warrant, only to be released and flown back to the Libyan capital Tripoli two days later on an Italian air force plane. Critics have denounced the decision to free a man wanted on charges including murder, rape and torture relating to his management of Tripoli's Mitiga detention centre. Justice Minister Carlo Nordio told parliament Wednesday that Najim had been arrested on a warrant "characterised by inaccuracies, omissions, discrepancies and contradictory conclusions".
Najim was freed after an appeals court refused to validate his arrest saying that Italian law called for the justice minister to weigh in on warrants from the ICC, which he had not done. Nordio said at the time the ministry was still studying the ICC's request, which he noted was "in English with several attachments in Arabic".
