Lina Ben Mhenni (Arabic: لينا بن مهني; 22 May 1983 – 27 January 2020)[1] was a Tunisian Internet activist, blogger and lecturer in linguistics at Tunis University.

[7] Ben Mhenni was the only blogger present in the interior cities of Kasserine and Regueb when government forces massacred and suppressed protesters in the region.

[7] Since the Tunisian Revolution began and until she died, Ben Mhenni played a prominent role amongst Tunisia's bloggers and democracy activists.

[12] In a 2014 editorial for CNN, she wrote that her activism after Ben Ali's overthrow had led to her receiving death threats and requiring close protection of the police.

[17] Ben Mhenni's parents were both activists; her father, Sadok, was a political prisoner, and her mother Emna was part of the student union movement.

[18] In 2011, Ben Mhenni was reported to have been a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize[14] for her contributions and activism during the Tunisian Revolution,[7] along with Egyptian human rights defenders Israa Abdel Fattah and Wael Ghonim.

It is part of a series of stamps aimed at honouring those who have fought for the liberty of expression, for free access to the internet, and for human rights.