Tunisia arrests journalist amid crackdown on government critics
Rights groups have warned of a widening crackdown on independent voices in Tunisia under Saied, whose rule has dismantled democratic safeguards, enabling authorities to pursue journalists and critics more aggressively.
Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Tunisia protests: Water, power cuts and rising angerlist 2 of 3Tunisia’s civil society faces growing pressure as crackdown widenslist 3 of 3How prices in Tunisia have skyrocketed since the Arab Springend of listTunisian authorities have not yet commented on the arrest, which is the latest in a string of prosecutions of media figures and activists in Tunisia this year.
Khaoula Boukrim, founder of the news website TUMEDIA, who fled to France last year, was sentenced in June to four years in absentia.
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