Jabeur Mejri was arrested on March 5, 2012, a few days after two lawyers in Mahdia filed a complaint regarding the articles and pictures of the Prophet Muhammad published on Mejri’s Facebook profile. According to court documents examined by Amnesty International, Jabeur Mejri has stated that the pictures came from a friend, Ghazi Beji, who considers himself an atheist. Beji fled the country to avoid imprisonment and was tried in absentia; he has applied for asylum in France. Mejri is currently in prison, serving a 7.5 year sentence. Amnesty International considers Jabeur Mejri a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for peacefully exercising his rights to freedom of expression and belief.
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Immediate and unconditional release of Jabeur Mejri
Your Excellency:
Allow me to turn to you on behalf of Amnesty International Czech Republic and express my deep concern over the case of Jabeur Mejri, who was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after having been found guilty of allegedly insulting Islam and Muslims in the entries on his Facebook profile in March 2012.
Amnesty International considers Jabeur Mejri to be a prisoner of conscience as he was sentenced solely for having exercised his right to freedom of speech.
In the light of the above described, I respectfully urge you, Your Excellency, to ensure that Jabeur Mejri be released immediately and unconditionally.
In the spirit of respect for the basic values of human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity, I call on you, Your Excellency, to uphold the right to freedom of speech not only in the case of Jabeur Mejri mentioned in this letter, but also all those unjustly imprisoned in Tunisia.
Thank you for your attention to this important issue.
Yours sincerely
