El-Heni's terrorism-case hearing postponed as journalists' union demands his release

A Tunis court postponed Friday's hearing in the terrorism case against veteran journalist Zied El-Heni, who was charged over leaked audio recordings he had reported on. The journalists' union SNJT renewed calls for his release and that of three other jailed journalists, saying prosecutors should apply press-law protections rather than anti-terrorism statutes to reporters' work.

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