Since it was issued in September 2022, Decree-Law 54 has become the instrument most often used against journalists and bloggers in Tunisia, on charges of spreading false news. HuMENA follows the prosecutions brought under it and the sentences handed down, and calls for the repeal of its Article 24.
What we have published
- StatementsTunisia | Article 24 Reform Leaves Questions of Justice Unanswered9 October 2026
- StatementsTunisia | Drop Terrorism and State-Security Charges Against Journalist Zied El Heni, Already Serving a One-Year Sentence 25 September 2026
- StatementsTunisia | Ensure Mohamed Yousfi’s Defense Rights and Medical Care Pending His Release10 September 2026
- AnalysisFrom Criticism to Crime: How Tunisia Uses Article 86 Against Dissent3 September 2026
- Joint StatementsTunisia | Appeal to stop imprisoning journalists and human rights defenders31 July 2026
- ReportsTunisia | The Verdict Against Zied El-Heni: How Tunisia Is Criminalizing Journalistic Expression A legal reading of Article 86, Law-Decree 54, and the sidelining of Tunisia’s press law safeguards11 May 2026
- StatementsTunisia | HuMENA Condemns the Imprisonment of Journalist Zied El Heni and Calls for the Verdict to Be Annulled9 May 2026
- Press ReleasesTunisia | Criminalizing Journalism: Zghidi and Bessis Sentenced24 January 2026
- Joint StatementsTunisia | Sentencing of Ramlah Dahmani under Decree 54 Marks Escalation in Repression and Criminalization of Solidarity15 July 2025
- Press ReleasesTunisia | HuMENA: Two-Year Sentence for Ramlah Dahmani Reinforces Decree 54’s Use to Punish Solidarity and Expression9 July 2025
- AnalysisHow Civil Society Organizations in North Africa Can Thrive Under Authoritarian Regimes15 May 2025
- AnalysisDecree Law 54 in Tunisia: Between Protecting Digital Space and Threatening Freedoms24 April 2025
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