Tunisia: Jailed journalist must get medical treatment

Index Number: MDE 30/022/2009
Date Published: 18 December 2009
Categories: Tunisia

Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, in jail on politically motivated charges, is in urgent need of specialist medical care, without which his life may be in danger. A prominent critic of the Tunisian government, he was sentenced on 26 November 2009 to six months' imprisonment, after an unfair trial. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience.