French court rejects extradition request for Ben Ali’s daughter

A French court has denied the extradition of Halima Ben Ali, daughter of Tunisia’s former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who is wanted for alleged financial crimes. The Paris Appeals Court cited Tunisia’s lack of response to requests for guarantees of a fair trial. Ben Ali was arrested in September while attempting to leave Paris, as Tunisia seeks to recover misappropriated assets from her father’s regime, which lasted from 1987 to 2011.

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