Tunisian military court jails blogger for insulting army

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By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A Tunisian military court has sentenced a blogger to one year in prison on charges he insulted the army, his lawyers told Reuters, in a case rights activists fear may undermine freedoms won after the 2011 revolution. The blogger, Yassin Ayari, was well k**wn in Tunisia for his criticism of former autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and restrictions during his rule on freedom of expression. After the 2011 uprising that ousted Ben Ali, Ayari turned to political criticism of the army. "A military court sentenced the blogger Yassin Ayari to a year on charges of insulting the army and impacting its morale after comments on Facebook criticized the performance of the defence minister," lawyer Malek Ben Amor said.

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