(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is concerned by the recent harassment of journalist Taoufik Ben Brick, a correspondent with the French press agency “SYFIA” in Tunis. **Updates IFEX alert of 24 June 1998** According to RSF’s information, Taoufik Ben Brick’s telephone line has been cut since 28 December 1998, for no apparent technical or administrative reason. Moreover, […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is concerned by the recent harassment of journalist Taoufik
Ben Brick, a correspondent with the French press agency “SYFIA” in Tunis.
**Updates IFEX alert of 24 June 1998**
According to RSF’s information, Taoufik Ben Brick’s telephone line has been
cut since 28 December 1998, for no apparent technical or administrative
reason. Moreover, his mail service has been discontinued. In recent days, he
has been under steady police surveillance, also without justification (two
automobiles follow him everywhere and park in front of his residence).
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to renders it impossible for him to freely exercise his profession
written an article published in the newspaper “La Croix” concerning the
police methods used by authorities. Furthermore, his passport was seized for
several months in 1997
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Minister of the Interior
Ministry of the Interior
Tunis, Tunisia
Fax: +216 1 34 08 88
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