00:01A Tunisian court has sentenced anti-racism activist Sadia Moshba to eight years in prison
00:07on financial misconduct charges, eruling her lawyer's call shocking and politically motivated.
00:13The 66-year-old has been in custody for nearly two years.
00:18She led the Nemeti Anti-Racism Association and was at the forefront of defending sub-Saharan
00:24migrants in Tunisia, particularly after President Khayy Saeed's 2023 speech denouncing hordes
00:32of illegal migrants as a demographic threat.
00:35Moshba was arrested in May 2024 and investigated for money laundering and illicit enrichment.
00:43Her son received a three-year sentence.
00:46Another activist was handed two years.
00:48A day before the hearing, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
00:55urged authorities to release Moshba citing her age and health.
01:00They said her prosecution is part of a context of growing repression of civil society in Tunisia.
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