Said Benarbia

MENA director, International Commission of Jurists

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Tunisia replaces jail time with fines for first-time false news offenses

Leads ICJ criticism of Decree 54

Spreading "false news" online in Tunisia once carried up to five years in prison. On September 30, President Kais Saied replaced that punishment with fines for first-time offenders — the first softening of a decree rights groups call repressive.

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