Tunis, Oct 27, 2026 (AFP) - Tunisia sentences jailed journalist to additional four years

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A Tunisian court sentenced jailed independent journalist Zied el-Heni on Tuesday to four years in prison on terrorism charges, his lawyer told AFP. Heni, a vocal critic of President Kais Saied, was sentenced to a year in prison in a separate case in May over remarks he had made about freedom of the press in Tunisia. The charges brought against him in the latest case included "forming a terrorist group", according to defence lawyer Yasmine Ben Bra......

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