Jailed Tunisian commentator Sonia Dahmani faces 10-year -sentence after charges elevated to felony - Committee to Protect Journalists

Jailed Tunisian commentator Sonia Dahmani faces 10-year -sentence after charges elevated to felony - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, April 11, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of political commentator Sonia Dahmani after the Tunis Court of Appeals reclassified charges against her as a felony, a move that could lead to a 10-year prison sentence over Dahmani’s critique of prison conditions. “The reclassification of imprisoned commentator Sonia Dahmani’s charges as a felony is yet another alarming escalation in the Tunisian gove…