Tunisia: Convictions of Six Civilians By Military Courts Must Be Quashed

Tunisia’s military courts should immediately quash the recent convictions of six civilians, including four opposition politicians and a prominent lawyer, and release those who have already been detained, Amnesty International said today.

On 20 January, the Military Court of Appeals sentenced opposition politicians Seifeddine Makhlouf, Maher Zid, Nidal Saoudi, and Mohamed Affes to between five to 14 months in prison for “insulting a public official,” disturbing public order, and, in the case of…