Many of these arrests have been due to accusations of conspiring against state security. Haythem El Mekki and his radio co-host Elyes Gharb are being interrogated for their comments about the country’s powerful security forces.Īnother Mosaique journalist under scrutiny is Khalifa Guesmi, sentenced last week to five years in prison on charges of disclosing national security information, according to Mosaique.Īs Saeid’s authoritarian shift deepens, dozens of dissidents, activists, journalists and opposition figures have been arrested in recent months, sparking condemnation from the international community and rights groups. In March, the European Parliament condemned Saied’s “authoritarian drift” and called for Boutar’s immediate release.īoutar’s release comes on the heels of two other Mosaique journalists questioned by police last week. We are in the process of collecting the amount, so it will be difficult for him to be released today,” his lawyer Dalila Msaddek told the AFP news agency. “Boutar does not have this amount, especially since the judiciary has frozen all his assets. The head of Tunisia’s most popular radio station, Mosaique FM, was freed on bail, months after he was jailed alongside a litany of figures, including opposition leaders, critical of President Kais Saied’s move to concentrate power in his hands.Ī Tunisian appeals court made the decision to release Noureddine Boutar on a bail of 1 million dinars ($324,000), but the media head is still banned from travelling, Mosaique reported on Thursday.
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