16 December 2013

Seven Years Jail for a Facebook Post: Tunisia's Not-So-Social Media

.... It's these laws that blogger Jabeur Mejri fell foul of when he published a picture of the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook.

Instead of allowing Jabeur to freely express his opinion, the Tunisian authorities sentenced him to seven and a half years in prison, and imposed a hefty fine. Jabeur's punishment sent a message to other writers, bloggers and journalists: don't dare speak out. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more