⚡U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against a former official of Libya’s judicial police.

On Friday, 8 Aban, Rubio announced that the United States has sanctioned Osama al-Masri Habib al-Najm, a former official of Libya’s judicial police, for his role in “torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees,” in a post on the social media platform X.

Rubio emphasized in the post: “The Trump administration will not tolerate violence or mistreatment against Christians or members of other religious minorities.”