Tunisia MP gets jail term for sexual harassment of minor
Tunisia is seen as a pioneer in the Arab world in terms of women's rights, and in July 2017 made sexual harassment in a public space punishable by a jail sentence of up to a year.
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Zouhair Makhlouf, an independent member of the suspended assembly, was photographed in October 2019 apparently masturbating in his car in the coastal city of Nabeul.
