Tunisia

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 30 September 2005 CPJ press release: Tunisia: Imprisoned journalist’s health said to deteriorate New York, September 30, 2005–The Committee to Protect Journalists is very concerned about the health of imprisoned Tunisian journalist Hamadi Jebali, who is in the 16th day of a hunger strike protesting 14 years of unjust […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Tunisian journalist wages second hunger strike in five months New York, September 23, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the health of imprisoned Tunisian journalist Hamadi Jebali, who has been on a hunger strike for eight days to protest 14 years […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: International day of action for the release of Mohamed Abbou Reporters Without Borders is among organisations joining a day of action on 21 September 2005 for the release of Mohamed Abbou, imprisoned since 1st March for criticising President Ben Ali in an article posted on the […]

(IFEX-TMG) – The following is a joint letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan by members of the IFEX-TMG: UN Secretary-General Mr. Kofi Annan UN Headquarters First Avenue at 46th Street New York, NY 10017 Fax: +1 212 963 7055 / 4879 2 September 2005 Your Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, As members of the Tunisia Monitoring […]

(IFEX-TMG) – The following is a 27 August 2005 joint declaration by members of the IFEX-TMG: IFEX members call on the Tunisian government to allow the independent Tunisian Journalists’ Syndicate to hold its first congress in Tunis on 7 September 2005 The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) is deeply troubled by the Tunisian authorities’ recent […]

(IFEX-TMG) – The following is a 27 August 2005 joint declaration by members of the IFEX-TMG: IFEX members call on the Tunisian government to allow the independent Tunisian Journalists’ Syndicate to hold its first congress in Tunis on 7 September 2005 The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) is deeply troubled by the Tunisian authorities’ recent […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 August 2005 IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Intimidation as Tunisian Journalists Plan National Union Congress The International Federation of Journalists warned today the Tunisian authorities against any attempt to intimidate journalists’ leaders in Tunisia. The action follows news that the President of the National Syndicate of Journalists, Lotfi […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has called for the immediate release of Tunisian lawyer Mohammed Abbou following his 25 July 2005 announcement that he had begun another hunger strike. Abbou has been in prison since 1 March for daring to express his views online. “It is absolutely unacceptable that going on hunger strike has become the only […]

(IFEX-TMG) – The following is an IFEX-TMG press release: International Free Speech Groups Urge Tunisia to End Internet Censorship New Website Documents Extensive Free Expression Violations July 14, 2005 International free expression groups today launched a new website detailing the state of free expression in Tunisia and challenged the government to end Internet blocking in […]

(IFLA/FAIFE/IFEX) – The following is an IFLA/FAIFE media release: IFLA/FAIFE protests against restrictions on freedom of access to information in Tunisia in the run up to the World Summit on the Information Society IFLA/FAIFE urges the Tunisian government to take steps to increase freedom of access to information in the country by removing restrictions on […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: “You have no rights here, but welcome to Tunisia!” Reporters Without Borders condemns the absence of information pluralism and the harassment of independent journalists A few months from now, the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will be held in Tunis, […]

(IFEX-TMG) – The following is a 25 June 2005 letter to Tunisian President Ben Ali from members of the IFEX-TMG: June 25, 2005 His Excellency Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Presidential Palace Carthage Tunisia c/o Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia, 515 O’Connor St. Ottawa, ON K1S 3P8 Canada Fax: +(1) 613 237-7939 Your Excellency, […]

(IFEX-TMG) – The following is a 13 June 2005 joint declaration by members of the IFEX-TMG: IFEX TMG Members Urge Tunisian Authorities to Release Books Blocked Through the Legal Submission Procedure IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) members welcome the announcement of President Ben Ali on 27 May 2005 to abolish the legal submission procedure (and […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has denounced as “disgraceful” the upholding of a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed on lawyer Mohammed Abbou for posting allegedly inaccurate news online and jostling a female colleague nearly three years ago. Neither he nor his lawyers were allowed to contest the charges at a 10 June 2005 appeals court hearing. “The Tunisian […]

(RSF/IFEX) – A journalist has been the victim of an orchestrated smear campaign in the government press and a French news weekly has been banned, yet the United States hails supposed measures in favour of press freedom in Tunisia and France talks of its effective respect for human rights and basic freedoms. “Once again we […]

(IFEX-TMG) – The following is a joint declaration by members of the IFEX-TMG: IFEX-TMG members condemn the defamation campaign targeting the spokesperson of the National Council for Freedoms in Tunisia (CNLT) The day following the publication of a report on misinformation in the media in Tunisia, presented on 7 May 2005 by the National Council […]