Abdul Ghani al-Kikli, the head of a
Libyan militia who is wanted by the International Criminal Court
(ICC), is currently in Italy, according to Libyan dissident
Husam El Gomati.
El Gomati posted a photo on X which he said showed al-Kikli,
with other people, around a Rome hospital bed visiting Libyan
Minister of Internal Affairs Adel Jumaa Amer, who is being
treated here following a recent assassination attempt.
"Abdul Ghani Al-Kikli, a notorious militia leader from Tripoli,
accused of torture, enforced disappearances, and unlawful
killings, is now in Italy," El Gomati said in the post.
Al-Kikli is reported to have landed at Rome's Fiumicino airport
at 6pm on Thursday.
The Al-Kikli case follows that of Libyan General Osama Almasri,
who was arrested by Italian authorities in Turin on January 19
on an ICC warrant on charges of war crimes and crimes against
humanity but was flown back to Tripoli on a State flight two
days later after a Rome court ordered his release over a
technicality.
The release was ordered after Justice Minister Nordio did not
back the arrest.
Premier Giorgia Meloni, Nordio - over his alleged refusal to
perform public acts - Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and
Cabinet Undersecretary with the intelligence brief Alfredo
Mantovano are under investigation in the Almasri case after
attorney Luigi Li Gotti filed a criminal complaint against them.
Nordio has blamed errors in the ICC warrants, which he described
as a "mess", while Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi has said
Rome was forced to expel the general as a danger to Italy.
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