The United States criticized Tunisian President Kais Saied for dismissing 57 judges on accusatiations of corruption and protecting terrorists in a purge of the North African country’s judiciary which many believed put it on the path to one-man-rule.

Reporting analysis or news which has any impact on Tunisia’s economy could result in a jail sentence under a new law Tunisia has just passed. The bill will have a significant effect on freedom of expression in the African country that kicked off the Arab spring just over a decade ago, Amnesty International said in a statement.