As reported on the home page of Amnesty International’s website, Slim Boukhdir was released on Monday, 21 July, and informed that he had been granted a conditional release by the Minister of Justice. He was not given any further explanation. His release is apparently conditional on his “good behaviour”; if convicted of a similar crime he has been told he would have to serve out the rest of his sentence. Slim Boukhdir was arrested on 26 November 2007 and charged with “insulting a public officer during the performance of his duties”, “breaching public morality”.
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