TUNIS — The editor of a
Tunisian news
website close to the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party was released after being
detained in relation to a company accused of plotting against the state, his
lawyer said Tuesday.
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Lotfi Hidouri, editor of the Achahed website, had
been detained since Thursday. He appeared on Monday before a judge, who ruled
he should be released, lawyer Samir Ben Amor told AFP.
Hidouri still
faces prosecution, however, over allegedly suspicious transactions between a
group that finances his operation and Instalingo, a digital content production
firm.
Instalingo has been under investigation since last
year for allegedly “plotting against state security” and “inciting violence”,
according to Tunisian media reports.
Ben Amor said Hidouri had “no administrative duties”
at Achahed that could justify his prosecution.
Rights groups have warned that Saied’s moves
threaten the country’s hard-won democratic gains since its 2011 revolution that
sparked the Arab Spring uprisings.
In May, the
SNJT journalists’ union warned of
“serious threats” to press freedom in the North African country.
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