'We will not torture former bodyguard bin Laden'

berlin - Tunisia promises Germany that it will not torture a former bodyguard of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden if it is deported to his native country by Berlin. German media quote a Tunisian minister who promises it.

The news that the 42-year-old Sami A. has been living for years at the State's expense in Germany caused a stir. The man receives more than 1150 euros per month for his family and lives in or near Bochum. Because torture threatens in Tunisia, he can not be deported.

' I can assure and guarantee you: there is no torture with us '', says the Tunisian Minister for Human Rights Mehdi Ben Gharbia against Bild. The newspaper concludes that nothing stands in the way of expulsion.