Tunisia: Tunis Court Sentences 2 Journalists to 1 Year in Prison, Prevents Hearing Coverage

New York — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release radio journalists Borhen Bssais and Mourad Zghidi after a Tunis court convicted them on May 22 of defamation and spreading false news, and sentenced them to one year in prison.

“CPJ is deeply concerned that a Tunisian court sentenced journalists Borhen Bssais and Mourad Zghidi to a year of imprisonment for social media posts and political commentary they made on the radio. The…