Chokri Ben Marzouk circulated news about the marriage of the current Minister of Interior, “Taoufik Charfeddine,” and his travel to Germany. He presented this as an explanation for the minister’s absence from the public scene in recent months, and he posted this information on his personal Facebook page. As a result, Chokri was arrested in December 2022. According to his lawyer’s testimony to Intersection Association, his arrest was based on accusations of deliberately using information and communication networks and systems to spread false rumors attributed to others, with the aim of infringing upon the rights of others or harming public security or national defense, under Article 24 of Decree-Law No. 54 of 2022, dated 13 September 2022, concerning combating crimes related to information and communication systems. Chokri was placed in prison and later questioned about what he had published on his personal page, while remaining detained until 23 January 2023, when the court decided to accept the release request submitted by his lawyer and to keep him released pending trial while continuing to examine his case.

Chokri was arrested in December 2022 under Article 24 of Decree-Law No. 54 and kept in prison, and the judiciary later decided to release him while continuing to examine the case.