Libya bent on bringing Libyan prisoners back home – Justice Minister – The North Africa Post
Libya’s Justice Minister, Halima Ibrahim indicated Sunday October 1st the North African nation may be very decided to make sure all Libyans detained overseas are despatched residence to serve their jail sentences, ‘Libya Observer’ stories.
H. Ibrahim made the announcement on Fb within the wake of a prisoner swap settlement signed between Libya and Italy, on the sidelines of the UN Palermo Conference’s twentieth anniversary towards Transnational Organized Crime.
The deal will allow prisoners to serve their sentences of their nation of origin, with every case evaluated individually, mentioned the minister, who doubles as Chair of the Nationwide Human Rights Committee and Chief of the Committee for Libyan Prisoners Overseas.
She mentioned Tripoli additionally seeks to signal comparable agreements with different European and Arab nations.
The deal signed with Italy is topic to approval by the Italian Parliament by a selected ratification invoice.
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