Tunisian man sentenced to DEATH for Facebook posts freed after presidential pardon Saber Ben Chouchane, a Tunisian man sentenced to death for critical Facebook posts about President Kais Saied and other officials, was freed after a presidential pardon following international outcry. The case was prosecuted under Decree 54, a 2022 cybercrime law criminalizing “false news” and insults against officials, widely used to target critics since Saied dissolved Tunisia’s parliament in 2021. The posts’ content was never disclosed, and no proof was presented that they endangered public safety, exposing the law’s use as a tool to crush opposition. Amnesty International and Tunisian rights…

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