Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Wednesday condemning the Tunisian justice system for sentencing a man to death for posting nonviolent Facebook posts dissenting to the country’s recent actions.

HRW’s statement addressed the sentencing of a Tunisian citizen, Saber Ben Chouchane, for Facebook posts of pictures of Chouchane at recent protests and statements calling for Tunisian citizens to take to the streets to demand the release of political prisoners on the anniversary of the 2011 Tunisian revolution.

The organization called for the Tunisian government to “stop detaining and prosecuting people solely for exercising their right of expression.”

On October 1, the Nabeul Court of First Instance sentenced Chouchane to death under penal code Article 72. A week later, he was

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