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Tunisia offers to accept 10 Guantanamo prisoners
[Maghrebia] Tunisian Justice Minister Bechir Tekkari on Tuesday (May 26th) said his country is ready to accept 10 Tunisians held at Guantanamo, international press reported. "We are entirely happy to welcome them and examine their penal situation according to legal procedures and under the principle of the presumption of innocence," AFP quoted the minister as saying. Referring to allegations of human rights abuses in Tunisia, in particular the torture of prisoners, Tekkari reiterated that two Guantanamo inmates returned to the country in 2007 successfully appealed previous sentences.Posted by: Fred 2009-05-28 |
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