A Tripoli Criminal Court has sentenced Osama Njeem to seven years and four months in prison, according to the Office of the Attorney General.
In a statement, the office said Njeem, head of the Judicial Police’s Operations and Security Department, was convicted under national jurisdiction for violating the rights of detainees at the main reform and rehabilitation facility in Tripoli.
Prosecutors said the case was brought following reports that inmates had been subjected to torture and cruel and degrading treatment by the convicted official.
The court also ruled that Njeem be stripped of his legal capacity and deprived of his civil rights for the duration of the sentence, as well as for one additional year after completing it.
The International Criminal Court had previously issued an arrest warrant for Njeem5 on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to Mitiga prison.
He was arrested in Turin on 19 January 2025 under the warrant, but a Rome appeals court ordered his release two days later due to procedural flaws. He was then deported to Tripoli on a plane chartered by the Italian state.
His return to Libya, where he was placed in pre-trial detention in November 2025, sparked controversy in Italy and drew criticism from the ICC.
