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Tunisia’s parliament has approved a draft organic law approving an extradition agreement between the Tunisian government and its Algerian counterpart.
TAP reported that the plenary session of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People approved a draft organic law approving the extradition agreement between the government of Tunisia and the government of Algeria. She added that the approval was carried out with the approval of 124 deputies and the reservation of two deputies without rejection, in the presence of Justice Minister Leila Jaffal. In this context, the Tunisian Minister of Justice confirmed that the number of Algerians languishing in Tunisian prisons does not exceed 199 and that the charges against them are documented, in response to MPs who estimated that the number of Algerians persecuted in Tunisia is in the hundreds. The Tunisian Minister of Justice said that the old judicial agreement with the State of Algeria, which dates back to 1963, has become a problem of application In relation to technological development and the nature of new crimes such as terrorism, confiscation and freezing of funds not previously provided. For their part, the deputies considered the draft law important in strengthening strategic cooperation relations between Tunisia and Algeria in the face of common challenges, foremost of which are security challenges that require more coordination of efforts to address terrorism, smuggling and organized crime on the borders between the two countries, and the extradition of wanted persons to justice.