Zouhair Yahyaoui (1967-2005)

Issued on the occasion of the National Day for Internet Freedom, this stamp pays solemn tribute to Zouhair Yahyaoui (1967-2005), pioneer of the cyber-resistance in Tunisia. The portrait of this “martyr of freedom of expression on the Internet” recalls his courageous fight through his site TUNeZINE to denounce censorship and defend human rights under the old regime. The message conveyed by this program celebrates the legacy of a man who paid with his freedom and his health for his attachment to a free digital space, which has become a pillar of the new Tunisian democracy.