Tunisia: Jailed Tunisian Commentator Sonia Dahmani Given Further 2-Year Sentence

New York — Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release political commentator Sonia Dahmani, who was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison for spreading false news, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.

“Sonia Dahmani is already serving an eight-month prison term in Tunisia and sentencing her to two more years over her radio and television commentary is simply cruel,” said CPJ Interim MENA Program Coordinator Yeganeh Rezaian, from Washington, D.C….