Tunisia: Drop criminal charges against Attounissia journalists

Headline Title: Tunisia: Drop criminal charges against Attounissia journalists 23 February 2012 Tunisian authorities must drop the criminal charges against a newspaper publisher and two journalists for publishing a photograph of a German-Tunisian football player and his naked girlfriend, Amnesty International said after the trial was postponed. The Tunis Court of First Instance on Thursday ordered the release of Nasreddine Ben Saida, publisher of the Arabic daily Attounissia, postponing the case until 8 March, when a verdict is expected.He and two journalists at the newspaper have…

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