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Opposition groups in Italy are accusing the government of freeing the head of Libya’s judicial police because it relies on Libyan security forces to check the flow of African migrants crossing the Mediterranean. Osama Njeem was released despite being wanted by the International Criminal Court over a string of human rights abuses, including murder, torture and rape. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Lorenzo Kamel, Author and Professor of History at the University of Turin.