LGBTQ activist and militant Rania Amdouni, sentenced on March 5, in first instance to six months' imprisonment "for insulting a public official", was released today on appeal.
This was announced by the Tunisian Association for Justice and Legality "Damj" thanking all supporters and however specifying that Ambdouni was sentenced on appeal to a fine of 200 dinars.
Just yesterday, over twenty civil society associations and Tunisian NGOs reiterated the request for his release.
Amdouni was arrested on February 27 when she went to a police barracks to denounce a campaign of threats and defamation against her "by the unions of the security forces and right-wing extremists".
"Victim of a campaign of continuous harassment for many months due to her commitment and her militant presence in all social protest movements, Rania is today the target of a police and judicial drift to which the Tunisian authorities have chosen to give priority in response to economic issues and the socio-political crisis that is suffocating the country ", the NGOs wrote in their appeal to the authorities.
