In Tunisia, journalist Khelifa Guesmi had his 5-year prison sentence overturned by the Court of Cassation for publishing security information. The case was sent back to the Court of Appeal. The defense committee in the case of martyrs Chokri Belaid & Mohamed Brahmi announced a boycott of court hearings if journalists are banned. Guesmi was released from Mornaguia prison following the cassation. Abu Mariya al-Qahtani, accused of collaborating with the US-led coalition, was absolved by Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham after 7 months of detention. HTS also released around 420 others amid anti-HTS demonstrations in Idlib.
After 6 months in detention, Abu Mariya al-Qahtani has been released -- after an #HTS investigation found him innocent of charges of espionage. ~420 others in #HTS prisons were also released, in advance of #Ramadan & amid anti-#HTS demonstrations in #Idlib today. https://t.co/wNXOiglqF2
HTS acquits Abu Maria al-Qahtani of the charge of treason https://t.co/4WgCYWxz32
📍 After 7 months of detention, Abu Mariya al-Qahtani’s first message on his Telegram channel quoted from Ibn Taymiyyah is about truth, faith, punishment and lie. https://t.co/DY0kqKsXAi https://t.co/6lXM5ykYDg
📍 According to the decision of the Judiciary Committee, accusation that Maysara al-Juburi Abu Mariya al-Qahtani (@EAlzobedi) was working with the American-led Coalition was dropped. https://t.co/zA86tH7TyF
Abu Mariya Al-Qahtani officially absolved by Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham of accusations of collaborating with U.S. led coalition https://t.co/Z08Hx31r5A
As my sources noted last month, #HTS just released Abu Maria al-Qahtani. https://t.co/VMifNxrmD5
#Tunisia: Journalist Khalifa Guesmi has just been released from the #Mornaguia prison following a cassation & referral by the #Tunis Court of Cassation, said @SNJT14, adding a delegation from the union's executive committee went to meet him on his release. https://t.co/InPM13bGFO https://t.co/9z4XlcJvpP
#Tunisia: The defence committee of civil parties in the case of martyrs Chokri Belaid & Mohamed Brahmi said it will boycott the March 8 court hearing in case journalists are banned from covering it, adding the decision applies to all next related hearings. https://t.co/4xYvkmpIus https://t.co/OWAkGMJM8C
#Tunisia: The Court of Cassation overturned the appeal verdict against journalist Khelifa Guesmi under which he was handed a 5-year prison sentence for publishing security information & decided to send case back to the Court of Appeal for consideration by different panel. #TAP_En https://t.co/lsQfUb27Gc