Document #1135552

CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists

Tunisian journalist freed after 15 years; another still held

http://www.cpj.org/news/2006/mideast/tunIsia27feb06na.html

ecoi.net summary:
Writer and human rights lawyer Mohamed Abbou serving prison term of 3 and a half years because of Internet article that allegedly "defamed judicial process" and was "likely to disturb public order"
Country:
Tunisia
Source:
CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists
Original link:
http://www.cpj.org/news/2006/mideast/tunIsia27feb06na.html
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
27 February 2006
Document ID:
1135552 (former ID 25372)

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