Tunisian Authorities Arrest Journalist Mohamed Yousfi Amid Financial Investigation

New York — Tunisian authorities must immediately release journalist Mohamed Yousfi, a well-known critic of President Kais Saied’s government, and end its use of financial crime allegations to target members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday.

On Friday, September 4, police from the financial crimes unit arrested Yousfi, editor-in-chief of local investigative news website Al-Katiba, as he was preparing to enter private radio station Express FM for a talk show to…