Ramla Dahmani

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Sonia Dahmani - A Tunisian appeals court reduced the prison sentence of Sonia Dahmani, a lawyer and political affairs commentator, from one year to eight months on September 10, 2024. She was convicted of spreading false news in July. (Screenshot: Elhiwar Ettounsi/YouTube)

CPJ, partners: Tunisian authorities must release Sonia Dahmani, end misuse of cybercrime Decree-Law 54

New York, July 18, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 36 other press freedom and human rights organizations in a statement condemning Tunisia’s ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression and calling for the immediate release of imprisoned commentator Sonia Dahmani, who is serving multiple prison sentences under a repressive cybercrime Decree-Law 54 for her media…

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A Tunisian court on July 1, 2025, sentenced in absentia Ramla Dahmani (shown), the sister of imprisoned lawyer and political commentator Sonia Dahmani, to two years in prison on false news charges. (Photo: Courtesy of Ramla Dahmani)

Tunisia sentences sister in absentia for advocating for jailed journalist Sonia Dahmani

New York, July 9, 2025—CPJ urges Tunisian authorities to cease the prosecution of family members of journalists advocating for their release after a Tunis court on July 1 sentenced in absentia Ramla Dahmani, the sister of imprisoned lawyer and political commentator Sonia Dahmani, to two years in prison on false news charges.  “Tunisian authorities are…

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