Tunis
They were forty demonstrators, Thursday morning, in the court of Tunis. With one watchword: freedom of expression. Inside the building, Emna Chargui, was to be tried for "attacking the sacred and inciting violence . " The hearing was finally postponed to July 2. The young woman faces up to three years in prison. His fault? Having shared in early May, on Facebook, " Sura Corona ", a text parodying the Koran about the Covid-19.
The day after the publication on the social network, Emna Chargui, 27, received a summons from the police. She was brought before the prosecution on May 6, but was released. The prosecutor relies on the law of November 2, 2011, relating to press freedom, which surprises his lawyer. "This text, which recalls the hygiene measures in the face of the coronavirus by taking up the style and the form of a sura of the Koran, was published on his personal Facebook page, which is certainly open to all,
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