Trial of Ghazi Beji and Jabeur Mejri
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Trial of Ghazi Beji and Jabeur Mejri
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Ghazi Beji and Jabeur Mejri are Tunisian citizens sentenced on 28 March 2012 to 7.5 years' imprisonment for "transgressing morality, defamation and disrupting public order" after posting naked caricatures of Muhammad to Facebook. Mejri faced trial in court, while his friend Beji was convicted in absentia, having fled to Europe to escape prosecution. Mejri's appeal of his sentence was denied on 25 June 2012. Mejri's lawyer objected to his client being denied medical evaluation, describing him as
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2012 trial in Tunis about caricatures of Muhammad
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Ghazi_Beji_and_Jabeur_Mejri
date created:
2012-07-01T15:36:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:25:03Z
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