The Tunisian authorities must halt growing restrictions on the right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said after a military court handed down a four-month suspended prison sentence to a former presidential adviser for criticizing the army.
The military court in the capital Tunis on Friday found Ayoub Massoudi guilty of "undermining the reputation of the army" and "defaming a civil servant" after he publicly criticized the extradition of former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi to Libya in June.
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