A court in Tunisia A 51 -year -old man is sentenced Facebook His lawyer said on Friday that the President is considered aggressive in positions due to the threat to the security of the CAS side and the state.
The defendant, who has not been identified, was convicted on Wednesday in three allegations: attempts to uproot the state, insult the President and spread false information online. The judges said the posts instigated violence and anarchy and violated the controversial 2022 Cyber Crime Act, Dickry 54 along with the Tunisia’s Penal Code.
This decision in Tunisia is the first of its kind, where dozens have been sentenced to heavy prison in similar allegations since occupying all the branches of the government in July 2021.
However, Tunisia’s Penal Code remains a capital sentence and civil courts sometimes issue a death sentence, no one has been performed since the execution of a serial killer in 1991.
In a statement on Facebook, advocate Osasama Buthlja said that his client was in pre -custody since January 2024. He said that the father of three is a timely day laborer and is suffering from permanent disability due to an accident accident.
Buthelja described him as a socially weakened and a limited academic background, with a little impact online.
Buthlja wrote, “Most of the content he shared by him was copied from other pages, and some positions were not engaged.” “In court, he said that his intention was to draw attention to the attention of the authorities, not to incite unrest.”
The ruling decree is the latest to use 54, a law that makes it illegal to “production, spread, dissemination, send or write false news … aimed at violating others’ rights, damaging public safety or national defense or sowing terror between population.” Since its passage in 2022, journalists and human rights groups have condemned the law as a major tool used by the authorities to curb freedom of expression in Tunisia.
Tunisia, the birthplace of Tunisia, 2011 Arabia Vasant Rebellion, had long been seen as the last beacon of hope for democracy Middle East And North AfricaHowever, ever since Saed suspended Parliament and consolidated his power in 2021, political freedom shrunk. Saed continues to rule by decree and its most famous critics are either in jail or abroad.
Advocates in Tunisia warned that implementing the death penalty for online speech leads to a dangerous example.