Tunisian journalists protest over media crackdown after colleague’s arrest

The leaders of Tunisia's main opposition parties have been jailed in the last three years, along with dozens of ⁠politicians, ​activists, journalists and businessmen, on charges of conspiring ​against state security, of money laundering and corruption.

The protesters, who also included activists, gathered outside a court where a judge was questioning Yousfi on charges of illicit enrichment and money laundering, which critics say were fabricated to punish him for his outspoken journalism.

Journalists who disturb the ​authorities are facing legal persecution and fabricated charges," Zied Dabbar, the ​head of journalists' syndicate SNJT, told Reuters.