Man is sentenced to death for Facebook post criticising Tunisia’s president

A man received a death penalty to make Facebook posts criticizing the President of Tunisia and his lawyer. He said on Friday.

Since the seizure of almost all forces in 2021, President Kais Saied has not been seen in Tunisia, where free speech restrictions are tightened.

Oussama Bouthalja, 56 -year -old daily worker Sabre Chouchane, before the arrest of the president before the arrest of the president who wrote a limited education, he said.

The judge at the Nabeul court sentenced the man to death on Facebook duties. This is a shocking and unprecedented decision ‘he said.

He added that the decision was appealed. The Ministry of Justice was not ready to comment immediately.

Although the courts have given their death penalties in Tunisia from time to time, none of them have been held for more than thirty years.

Saber’s brother Jamal Chouchane, “ We can not believe it, ” he said.

‘We are a family that suffers from poverty, and now poverty is added to pressure and injustice.’

The sentence immediately created a wave of criticism and regiment on social media between activists and ordinary Tunisians.

Many described the decision as a deliberate attempt to instill fear among Saied’s critics, saying that such harsh measures could even drown the free expression and deepen political tensions.

Since Saied terminated the selected parliament and began to decide the decree, Tunisia has encountered increasing criticisms by the right groups about the erosion of judicial independence.

The opposition, called Saied’s power, takes a blow.

Most of the opposition leaders labeled by the president as traitor are imprisoned for various charges.