5/10/2017 Dispatches: Tunisia Blogger Jailing Shows Flaws In Legal System | Human Rights Watch March 3, 2015 4:59PM EST | Dispatches Available In ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺭﺑﻳﺔ‬ English Français Dispatches: Tunisia Blogger Jailing Shows Flaws In Legal System Amna Guellali Senior Tunisia and Algeria Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division aguellaa     Demonstrators outside military appeals court, March 3, 2015. © Webdo The prosecution of prominent blogger Yassine Ayari exposes the continuing deficiencies of Tunisia’s legal system in upholding human rights four years after the “Jasmine Revolution” set the country on a path towards democratic rule. On March 3, a military appeals court sentenced Ayari to six months in prison for allegedly https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/03/03/dispatches-tunisia-blogger-jailing-shows-flaws-legal-system 1/4