The office of public prosecution accused a defendant of publishing fake reports. The office requested the court to penalise the defendant according to the relevant laws.

The court ruled that the defendant should pay a fine of 3000 Dinars.

The office and the defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.

The defendant appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. He said in his grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law. He said that he had maintained before the court that the articles he had published fell within acceptable criticism.

The court said that this argument is invalid. The court said that the case documents revealed that the political articles published by the defendant had violated the rules of licence he received from the relevant authority.

The court dismissed the appeal and upheld the appealed ruling.