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Apr
18
2024
By The African Mirror
Tunisian court imprisons journalist for insulting public official, his lawyer says

Tunisian court imprisons journalist for insulting public official, his lawyer says

MEDIA FREEDOM
A Tunisian court sentenced the prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalab, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, to six months in prison on charges of insulting a public official, his lawyer told Reuters. "It is a black day for the judiciary and freedom of the press. It is a message to the press: Be silent or your place is in prison," Jamal Eddine Boughalab, who is the brother of Mohamed, said. Boughalab was detained last month, which the journalists' union said was aimed at silencing the voices of journalists.
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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
Tunisia releases journalist arrested for criticizing police

Tunisia releases journalist arrested for criticizing police

NEWS
A Tunisian court freed a journalist who had been detained after she criticised police and the interior minister, her lawyer and the journalists' union said. The arrest of Charahzed Akacha on Thursday caused widespread anger and was widely seen by activists and journalists as a setback to freedom of expression since President Kais Saied seized executive power last summer. "Akacha was released," her lawyer Samir Dilou said. The news was confirmed by an official at the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists, Amira Mohamed. The union said Akacha's arrest on Thursday was due to a Facebook post in which she criticised…
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Mar
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisian gets 10 years for corruption

Tunisian gets 10 years for corruption

NEWS
A Tunisian court has sentenced Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, to ten years in jail for corruption, the state-run news agency TAP has reported. The court also sentenced Sami Fehri, the owner of El Hiwar TV, to eight years in prison in the same case. The court fined the two men 40 million dinars ($14.51 million) for using state television resources for the benefit of a private company and transferring advertising revenues to their company.
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Feb
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia sets bail for media mogul at $3.7 million

Tunisia sets bail for media mogul at $3.7 million

NEWS
Nabil Karoui Karoui, the owner of Nessma television channel and head of the Heart of Tunisia political party, the second largest in parliament, was detained in December for a second time for alleged money laundering and tax fraud. In 2019, Karoui beat most candidates to reach a run-off for the presidency despite spending most of the campaign behind bars. He ultimately lost in a landslide to President Kais Saied. His Heart of Tunisia party, which came second only to the moderate Islamist Ennahda in a parliamentary election the same year, has joined with it in giving narrow majority support to…
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