Claim

Claim 465

The decree criminalizes producing or spreading false news deemed to threaten rights, public safety or national defense.

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

Statement: The decree criminalizes producing or spreading false news deemed to threaten rights, public safety or national defense.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Decree targets 'false news' threatening public safety
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

produce[s], spread[s], disseminate[s], send[s] or write[s] false news