Repression Bound

 Tunisia electoral board sues media outlets for “attacking dignity of voters”F

Tunisian rights groups on Tuesday accused the electoral authority of "threatening" press freedom, after it sued bloggers and media outlets for alleged violations during a poll on a new constitution. Last week, the ISIE elections authority filed 24 legal complaints...

Sahel: Court in Chad jails hundreds for alleged involvement in riotsF

By Ali Abba Kaya A Chadian court has handed jail terms of  between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly  protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday.  A total of 401 people had been put on trial in Koro Toro prison, a...

Sahel: Lawyers in Chad to boycott trials of hundreds of anti-government protestersF

Lawyers in Chad have vowed to stop work during a mass trial, due to start Tuesday, of more than 400 people detained over deadly anti-government protests. Officially, around 50 people -- including 10 members of the security forces -- died when police opened fire on...

Algeria continues to attack journalists and free speechF

Algerian court hands over death sentence to exiled journalist for publishing “fake” and “confidential” information Attacks on journalists in Algeria have reach an alarming level. Earlier this month, a court in the capital Algiers went as far as to hand a death penalty...

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