On the traces of a high -ranking executive in the widest prison of the west Libyawith a sealed arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court, the authorities of the Germanywhich they arrested for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed between 2015 – 2020.
According to the International Criminal Court (ICT), Haled Mohadet Ali al -Hisri was high -ranking official In an infamous Libyan prison, where prisoners were systematically subjected to torture and sometimes sexually abused. At the same time, the ICC said it would remain in custody in Germany, pending the completion of national processes.
Halend Mohadet Ali al -Hisri, also known under the nickname “AL-BUTI»Who was a member of the armed group”Special forceDuring the Civil War in Libya, he was arrested yesterday, Wednesday (16.07.2025), as the German authorities reported.
Prosecutors of the ICC blame Al -Hisri of war crimes and crimes against humanity among which murders, torture and rape from February 2015 to early 2020period during which he allegedly was one of the highest high -ranking officials in prison Mitiga.
According to the prosecution, Mitiga prison was the largest detention center in western Libyawhere thousands of prisoners were stacked in cells without complying with elementary hygiene rules and systematically submitted to brutal interrogations and torture.
The Court’s prosecutor’s office welcomed arrest as’significant development»In the efforts to seek responsibility for crimes in detention facilities in Libya. He said he was ready for his trial, which will be the first Libyan suspect trial in court.
Men and women held there also faced sexual violence including rape, the prosecutor’s office said.
US sanctions and ‘headless’ management
It is a critical time for the ICC. The prosecutor and four Judges of the IFRC face sanctions USA in retaliation for issuing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest warrant For war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza war. Some European member states of the ICC, including Germany, also criticized the warrant against Netanyahu.
In addition, IFRS operates Without the leader of Karim Han’s prosecutor which left temporarily two months ago as he is investigated by UN researchers for alleged inappropriate sexual behavior.
Han denies The charges and the two deputy prosecutors manage the office cases while he is absent.
In a statement issued today, the Office of the Public Prosecutor’s Office said he was expecting that Al Hisri will be transferred to the hagHe added that he is ready to start his trial.
“This development needs so much in a period of unprecedented turmoil in the field of accountability in general and in the ICC specifically,” Kip Hale, a lawyer who documented crimes in Libya on behalf of the UN, told Reuters.
“However, it is more important for the victims of the many crimes and cruelty committed in Mitiga prison,” he added.
The ICT survey of 2011
In January, Italy arrested another Libyan suspect of IMF, Osama Elmasri Dsembut sent him back to Tripoli saying that the arrest warrant included Mistakes and inaccuracies.
Dsem is also accused of crimes against prisoners in Mitiga prison. His release caused outcry Among the parties of the Italian opposition and triggered a legal investigation into Prime Minister George Meloni and several other members of the government.
The Court is investigating charges for serious crimes committed in Libya since 2011 when a civil war broke out in the country following a referral by the UN Security Council.
The United Nations Security Council called on the ICC to launch an investigation in Libya in 2011 In the midst of violence that led to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi and turned into a devastating civil war. The court issued a warrant for Libya’s long -term powerful man, but was killed by rebels before he was arrested.
The court has issued arrest warrants for others eight Libyan suspectsincluding one of Gaddafi’s sons. Earlier this year, Libya authorities have accepted the jurisdiction of the court in the country since 2011 By the end of 2027.