Tunisia: Death Sentence for Facebook Posts

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Protestors take part in a rally organized by the Tunisian National Salvation Front opposition coalition to mark the 13th anniversary of the 2011 uprising, in Tunis, January 14, 2024. © 2024 Mohamed Messara/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Beirut) – A Tunisian court sentenced a man to death last week for peaceful Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. He received a presidential pardon days later, but this is an unprecedented sentence for nonviolent expression in Tunisia. Tunisian authorities should stop detaining and prosecuting people solely for exercising their right…

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