# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-tunisia-record-journalists-jailed-decree-54)
- Source: Tunisia uses new cybercrime law to jail record number of journalists. https://cpj.org/2025/01/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,

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