Tunisia: CPJ, Partners – Tunisian Authorities Must Release of Sonia Dahmani, End Misuse of Cybercrime Decree-Law 54

New York — The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 17 other press freedom and human rights organizations on July 10 in a statement condemning Tunisia’s ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression and calling for the immediate release of imprisoned commentator Sonia Dahmani, who is serving multiple prison sentences under a repressive cybercrime Decree-Law 54 for her media commentary.

The statement warns that Decree-Law 54 has become the government’s primary tool for targeting dissent, with…