Prominent Tunisian journalist given six months for defamation

A Tunisian court Wednesday condemned a journalist and virulent critic of President Kais Saied to six months in prison for defaming a civil servant, his brother and lawyer told AFP. Mohamed Boughalleb was arrested by a cybercrime unit a month ago following a complaint filed by a civil servant. Zied Dabbar, president of the national journalists union (SNJT), said the incident was "none other than the latest attempt to intimidate and muzzle journalists by exploiting the apparatus of the state".