Editor’s note: Tunisian journalist Zuhair Makhlouf was released on February 12, 2010, after spending three months in prison.
Makhlouf, a contributor to the Tunisian news Web site Assabil Online, was arrested after writing an article about pollution in the industrial areas of Nabeul, according to local human rights groups.
He was charged with "harming and disturbing others through the public communication network" and placed at Al-Mornaguia prison, in the southern suburbs of Tunis. His case was pending in late year.