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Libyan warlord convicted over abuses at detention center, officials say
The Tripoli Criminal Court also stripped him of legal and civil rights during his sentence and for one year after, authorities said.
- Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison for violating inmates' rights at a detention center in Tripoli, where reports of torture and degrading treatment occurred.
- The detention center is part of a network operated by the government-backed Special Defense Force in Libya.
- The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for al-Masri in January 2025, charging him with crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since February 2015.
- After being arrested in Italy on the ICC warrant, al-Masri was released on a technicality and expelled to Libya, leading to an ICC inquiry into Italy's actions.
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