TUNIS, Jan 22 - A Tunisian court on Thursday convicted and sentenced two prominent journalists to 3-1/2 years in prison on tax evasion charges, which a family member said was retaliation for their reporting.

The two journalists, Bohran Bssaies and Mourad Zghidi, worked for local radio IFM and have been imprisoned since 2024, first under an eight-month sentence after being convicted of spreading false news and insulting the president then under pre-trial detention for the tax case.