突尼斯法院将律师Ahmed Souab关押五年, Tunisian court imprisons lawyer Ahmed Souab for five years in rushed trial over criticism of president.

一名突尼斯律师Ahmed Souab(68岁)在经过7分钟的审判后被判处5年监禁和3年行政监管。 A Tunisian court sentenced lawyer Ahmed Souab, 68, to five years in prison and three years of administrative supervision after a seven-minute trial, according to his defense. 他根据反恐法律和第54号法令受到指控, 批评者说这可以任意起诉“假新闻”。 He was charged under anti-terrorism laws and Decree Law 54, which critics say enables arbitrary prosecutions over "fake news." Souab是前治安法官,对凯斯·赛义德总统的批评者,他于4月被捕,此前曾对一起涉及反对派人物的引人注目案件的司法程序表示反对。 Souab, a former magistrate and critic of President Kais Saied, was arrested in April after speaking out against judicial proceedings in a high-profile case involving opposition figures. 他的法律小组以不公正的条件拒绝认罪,审判是在他不在场的情况下进行的。 His legal team refused to enter a plea, citing unfair conditions, and the trial was conducted without his presence. 人权团体谴责这一判决是对正义的嘲弄,这是自2021年赛义德掌权以来对不同政见者更广泛镇压的一部分。 Human rights groups condemned the verdict as a mockery of justice, part of a broader crackdown on dissent since Saied assumed sweeping powers in 2021. 随后举行了示威,11月17日将对大阴谋案提出上诉。 Demonstrations followed, and an appeal in the larger conspiracy case is set for November 17.