Tunisian court hands presidential critic Sonia Dahmani new jail term
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- Lawyer convicted for the second time this year as President Saied’s crackdown on dissent intensifies.
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- The Tunis Court of First Instance handed down the verdict after a hearing on Friday, lawyer Sami Ben Ghazi told the AFP news agency.
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Lawyer convicted for the second time this year as President Saied’s crackdown on dissent intensifies.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A lawyer carries a photo of presidential critic Sonia Dahmani during a rally in Tunis, May 13, 2024. [Mohamed Messara/EPA] (EPA)By Heba Habib and AFPPublished On 25 May 202625 May 2026Tunisian lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani has been sentenced to two years in jail for criticising prison conditions, according to her lawyer.
The Tunis Court of First Instance handed down the verdict after a hearing on Friday, lawyer Sami Ben Ghazi told the AFP news agency. It is the latest in a string of convictions against one of President Kais Saied’s most prominent critics.