LONDON: Tunisian journalist Sonia Dahmani has been named as a recipient of the 2025 International Press Freedom Award, the Committee to Protect Journalists has announced.
She was to receive the accolade later this year at a ceremony in New York, but the event is expected to take place in her absence.
A lawyer, writer, and prominent media commentator, Dahmani has received international attention for her advocacy of human rights and civil liberties in Tunisia.
She is currently serving a near-five-year sentence after her arrest in May 2024 on multiple charges related to public comments, including her remarks addressing racism in Tunisia.
“She has become a symbol of the shrinking space for dissent in Tunisia, once a beacon of media freedom,” the CPJ said in a statement.
