Tunisia upholds journalist's sentence

Tunisia's highest court of appeal has upheld the one-year jail sentence on journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who had written articles critical of the president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family. He is a correspondent with the London-based Al Quds Al Arabi newspaper and a writer for the Al-Arabiya TV station's website. His family are concerned at his deteriorating health in prison. (Via IFEX)