Saturday, April 7, 2012

Officials in Tunisia say that two bloggers have been jailed for seven years after posting cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad on the Internet

The Ministry of Justice said that the men had put naked caricatures of the Islamic prophet on their Facebook accounts. One of the men, Jabeur Mejri, is in jail while the second, Ghazi Beji, was sentenced in his absence and is being sought by the police. "They were sentenced... for violation of morality, and disturbing public order," said Chokri Nefti, a justice ministry spokesman.

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