The War On News

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Claim

Claim 464

Tunisia's journalists' union head said the decree had turned every journalist into a suspect.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Tunisia's journalists' union head said the decree had turned every journalist into a suspect.
Field
occurred_on
Value
2025-01-16
About
incident 2025-tunisia-record-journalists-jailed-decree-54
Source
Tunisia uses new cybercrime law to jail record number of journalists
Publisher
Committee to Protect Journalists
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2025-01-16

Quotation from the source

Decree 54 has now turned every journalist into a suspect,