Tunisia Sentences Journalist Zied El-Heni to 4 Years On Terrorism Charges

New York — The Committee to Protect Journalists demands the immediate release of Tunisian journalist Zied el-Heni, and the overturning of his four-year prison sentence. El-Heni was wrongfully convicted on Tuesday on terrorism charges for his reporting, and refusal to reveal confidential sources.

“Sentencing Zied el-Heni to four years in prison on terrorism charges for carrying out his journalistic work, and protecting his sources is an outrageous escalation in Tunisia’s assault on the press,”…