Lina Ben Mhanni (May 22, 1983 – January 27, 2020)

Human rights activist, journalist and university English professor. She was known for her opposition to the policy of censorship of Internet sites under the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. She has written on her blog, “Tunisian girl”, which was censored several times before the Tunisian revolution, and on the Global Voices website. She contributed to online media coverage of the Tunisian revolution, traveling to the town of Regueb to cover the events of the outbreak of the revolution in Sidi Bouzid, publishing photos of protesters killed and injured by police bullets …