France to try former Tunisian diplomat for torture
2008-11-14
Tunisia's former Strasbourg vice-consul will go on trial December 15th in France on charges of torture and barbarity in Tunisia, AFP reported on Thursday (November 13th). Zoulaikha Gharbi filed a complaint alleging that while Khaled Ben Said was a police commissioner in Tunisia, he tortured and humiliated her in the Jendouba police headquarters to extort information on her husband's alleged anti-government activities. This is the first time a French court will try a foreign diplomat for acts of torture committed abroad, AFP quoted Gharbi's lawyer as saying.
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نجيب Posted 2008-11-15
Salam alikum. If the allegation of Zoulikha El Gharbi (allegation), which means that it can be correct or incorrect, supposing that it is correct, he is a Tunisian diplomat as it is said and he must be tried by Tunisia and not by France. He is of Tunisian origins. The allegation of Zoulikha was perpetuated in Tunisia (Jendouba). What has France to do with Tunisian diplomats? Tunisia does not need a commission or lacks courts to transfer its problems to France. Thank you!!!
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