Tunisian pundits handed one-year prison sentences

Broadcaster Borhen Bssais and political commentator Mourad Zeghidi were arrested in mid-May under Decree 54, a 2022 law which critics have said is being used to stifle political dissent. The two men received "six months for using communications networks to produce and spread false news and rumours with the aim to infringe upon the rights of others and public security", the court's spokesman, Mohamed Zitouna, told AFP. In addition, they were handed another six-month prison sentence for "spreading...