Tunisia: Authorities Escalate Clampdown on Media, Freedom of Expression

Tunisian authorities have ramped up their crackdown on media and freedom of expression in recent weeks, sentencing two journalists and a media founder to prison sentences, detaining another media figure, and intimidating private media.

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