Tunisia - Sheratongate: blogger's allegations against foreign minister land her in court

Reporters without borders

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders is closely following an investigation by the public prosecutor's office into blogger Olfa Riahi's claims that foreign minister Rafik Abdessalem misused public funds by staying at the Tunis Sheraton Hotel. The allegations caused a big stir when Riahi posted them on her blog last month and have been dubbed the “Sheratongate” by the Tunisian press. Two days after prosecutors opened the investigation on 31 December, the foreign minister's lawyers gave (...)

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