Reporters Without Borders condemns the eight-month jail sentence that a Tunis court has imposed on 69-year-old academic and human rights activist Khedija Arfaoui for posting a message on the social networking website Facebook in May referring to widespread rumours about children being kidnapped in Tunisia for their organs.
She was convicted on 4 July of “disturbing public order” under article 121 of the criminal code, which states that “anyone stirring up rebellion by means of speeches in public places or meetings, or placards, posters or written texts is punishable as if they had participated in the rebellion.”
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