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| Subject: Statist Idiots: Tunisian newspaper fined over naked photos of footballer Khedira's girlfriend Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:40 pm | |
| A Tunisian court has convicted and fined the publisher of a Tunisian newspaper for violating public morals by printing a photo of a football player's naked girlfriend.
Nasreddine Ben Saida's lawyer said he was fined 1000 dinars ($625) on Thursday and the court ordered all copies of the newspaper issue destroyed.
Critics call the case an attack on media freedom in the country that sparked uprisings across the Arab world last year.
The Attounisia newspaper published a photo of German-Tunisian football player Sami Khedira of Real Madrid dressed in a tuxedo with his hands covering the breasts of his naked German model girlfriend, Lena Gercke.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/newspaper-fined-over-naked-photos-of-footballer-khediras-girlfriend-20120309-1unyd.html#ixzz1oes2prOD
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