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Tunisian Police Arrest Prominent Journalist Mohamed Yousfi, Union Says
- On Friday, Tunisian police arrested prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, editor-in-chief of the investigative website Al-Qatiba, as he arrived at Radio Express FM to participate in a radio program.
- The National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists said the arrest reflects the erosion of press freedoms in Tunisia, where President Kais Saied has faced criticism for dismantling democratic safeguards since 2021.
- While authorities cited illicit enrichment and money laundering charges, Radio Express FM host Walid Ben Rhouma stated police provided no reason for preventing Yousfi from entering the station.
- Yousfi's detention follows prosecutions of media figures this year including Zied Heni, Mourad Zghidi, and Borhen Bsaies, while journalist Khaoula Boukrim was sentenced in absentia to four years in prison.
- Separately, the Court of Cassation upheld a mass trial against 40 figures, including opposition leader Najib Chebbi sentenced to 12 years, as Minister of Justice Leila Jaffel claimed defendants sought to destabilize the country.
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The National Association of Tunisian Journalists said that investigative research had been opened on journalist Mohamed Al-Yusfi against Facebook leaflets and that he had been researched about his journalistic work and the nature of the editorial line at the battalion site.
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INTELLINEWSTunisia: Judge orders arrest of journalist Mohamed Yousfi
A journalist and vocal critic of the Tunisian president, Mohamed Yousfi has been taken into custody ahead of an interview. A union called the arrest an attack on all journalists' rights.
·Bonn, Germany
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·London, United Kingdom
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Mohamed Jusfi was detained on his way to the Express FM radio studio
·Podgorica, Montenegro
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