France has asked Chad to hand over six French charity workers convicted and sentenced to eight years' forced labor for trying to kidnap 103 children from the central African country.
The six workers from the charity group Zoe's Ark, charged with fraud and kidnapping, were convicted and sentenced on Wednesday by a court in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena.
French Justice Minister Rachida Dati said in a statement on Thursday that the repatriation request had been filed with her Chadian counterpart. 
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