Italy: Former pro-migrant NGO president prepares to marry Libyan people smuggler convicted of killing 49 people (opens in new tab)

A convicted smuggler and former university student, 31-year-old Alaa Faraj, is set to marry Alessandra Sciurba, the former president of a pro-migrant NGO that focused on rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, according to Italian media. Faraj, a Libyan national, has served 10 years in Palermo’s Ucciardone prison following his conviction for multiple manslaughter and […]