Tunis: Journalist Mourad Zeghidi and TV and radio presenter Borhen Bssais have been remanded in custody for an extra 48 hours on the instructions of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Criminal Cases Directorate, said Spokesperson for the Tunis Court of First Instance Mohamed Zitouna .Zeghidi and Bssais were arrested on suspicion of using information and communication networks to produce, promote, publish false news to defame others, pursuant to Article 24 of decree-law 54.Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
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