The attack on free speech continues unabated around the world. The latest violation occurred in Tunis where a military court has handed down an absurd three year jail sentence to a blogger, blogger Yassine Ayari, for “insulting” Army officers. That is what free speech means in Tunisia. You can be criminally sentenced for “undermining” the Army through criticism.
Ayari had written about financial abuse in the military. The military court responded by convicting Ayari, 33, for “defam[ing] army officers and senior defence ministry officials.” He was convicted on November 18th while he was abroad. He then returned to Tunisia on December 25th and was arrested. He said that he was never informed of the verdict, which is quite believable given his return. (It is worth noting that we once as a nation could condemn the use of military tribunals until we embraced the “option” for some terrorist suspects — allowing presidents to make Caesar like decisions on who gets a real court and who gets a tribunal).
Ayari is undeterred and is standing firm in defense of free speech and his accusations against the Army, which is widely ridiculed. What is notable is that Ayari’s own father died in service of the Army. He was an army colonel who denied in combat with jihadists in May 2011. Now he is fighting an even greater battle against the Army itself.
The very concept of criminal defamation is an assault on free speech. Italy has such an absurd law and has used it against people who dare to criticize police or prosecutors, even in criminal cases as shown in the Amanda Knox case.
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“You may not like something Texas has done, but saying they ignore the Sixth Amendment without any explanations is juvenile.”
Sandi,
Who was that directed at because I know I haven’t said Texas was ignoring the Sixth Amendment?
How strongly is this administration criticizing recent “freedom of speech” issues?” The Saudi’s with lashings is an arcane punishment that we should be protesting vehemently, especially at the UN. Now Tunisia. Tell the Saudi’s we don’t need their oil. They need us because jihadists are hitting their borders. Whether everyone likes it or not we have a great deal of influence due to our incredible military!
Olly, Thomas Jefferson said “the problem with democracy is the can vote themselves out of it” not a verbatim quote. I think the process would be an amendment to the Constitution with enough states ratifying. I don’t know how he said it could be done specifically. The amendment process seems the only way to me. But Democats are sneaky, so there may be others.
You may not like something Texas has done, but saying they ignore the Sixth Amendment without any explanations is juvenile.
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