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Tunisian journalist Khaoula Boukrim sentenced in absentia to 4 years in prison
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State censorship and authoritarian persecution of independent journalism through weaponized cybercrime legislation, in absentia conviction without due process notification.
New York, June 11, 2026 — Tunisian authorities should immediately overturn the four-year prison sentence imposed in absentia on prominent journalist Khaoula Boukrim, founder of local independent news website TUMEDIA, and stop using cybercrime Decree-Law 54 to prosecute journalists and critics for their reporting and expression, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Boukrim, who...
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