Tunisian Journalist Zied El-Heni Arrested After Criticizing Commerce Minister

New York — Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Zied el-Heni and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.

On December 28, police arrested el-Heni, a prominent columnist and political commentator for the daily “Émission Impossible” show on the independent radio station IFM, after he responded to a summons for questioning, according to news reports and a journalist familiar with the case who spoke with CPJ on…

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