Tunisia

(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is disturbed by reports that Zouhair Yahyaoui is not receiving adequate medical care whilst in prison. PEN also continues to be very concerned at the prison conditions of the journalist, founder of the Internet site TUNeZINE.com. Yahyaoui was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on charges of “propagation of […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 4 April 2003, RSF repeated its call for the immediate release of jailed cyber-dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui, who began another hunger strike a few days ago to protest against his recent ill-treatment. “We are not surprised to see the Tunisian regime taking advantage of the international media’s focus on Iraq to step up […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Hamadi Jebali, editor of the weekly “Al Fajr”, who went on a hunger strike on 13 January 2003, was rushed to Habib Bougafta Hospital in Bizerte on 12 February. “If the authorities continue to show their indifference towards the journalist’s legitimate demands, they will bear full responsibility for what could happen to him. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 31 January 2003, RSF called for the immediate release of jailed Internet journalist Zouhair Yahyaoui, who ended a two-week hunger strike on 30 January. The organisation also demanded the release of another journalist, Hamadi Jebali, who is continuing his hunger strike. Jebali, publisher of the weekly “Al Fajr”, organ of the An […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Imprisoned Internet journalist Zouhair Yahyaoui, founder of the website TUNeZINE (www.tunezine.com), has been suffering from a gum abscess and severe headaches since 10 January 2003, and the authorities have refused to provide him with medical attention. Yahyaoui began a hunger strike on 17 January in reaction to the very difficult conditions under which […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is heartened by the news of the release of Abdallah Zouari on 6 November 2002 following a court hearing. Zouari’s lawyers have been unable to ascertain further details of the court’s decision. The journalist from the banned “al-Fajir” newspaper was imprisoned on 19 August for refusing to move […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is disturbed at the worsening prison conditions of Zouhair Yahyaoui, founder of the Internet site TUNeZINE.com. The journalist was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on charges of “propagation of false news”, “non-authorised usage of an Internet connection” and “theft from an employer”. Since his incarceration on 20 June […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 5 September 2002, RSF denounced the confirmation of an eight-month prison sentence for Abdallah Zouari, a journalist for the banned weekly “Al Fajr” who was recently freed after 11 years in jail. “This disgraceful sentence, which completely violates the rules for a fair and balanced trial, exemplifies the way in which the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has expressed satisfaction following Hamma Hammami’s release from prison on 4 September 2002. Leader of the Tunisian Communist Workers’ Party (PCOT) and managing editor of the party newspaper “El-Badil”, Hammami was officially released for “health reasons.” “We are delighted,” said RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard. “It is the result of a months-long campaign […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has protested the Tunisian Supreme Court’s confirmation on 2 September 2002 of Hamma Hammami’s three-year and two-month prison sentence for “subversion”. Hammami is leader of the Tunisian Communist Workers’ Party (PCOT) and managing editor of the party newspaper, “El-Badil”. “We are appalled by this decision, which demonstrates the determination of President Zine […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced its outrage over the eight-month prison sentence imposed on 23 August 2002 on newly-released journalist Abdallah Zouari. The journalist was sentenced for refusing to comply with an order banishing him to the south of the country. A former contributor to the banned weekly “Al Fajr”, Zouari has now returned to […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 21 August 2002, RSF protested the arrest of journalist Abdallah Zouari, of the banned weekly “Al Fajr”, on 19 August. His arrest follows his recent release from prison, where he languished for more than 10 years. Zouari’s arrest appears to stem from a recent administrative order issued by the Interior Ministry, banishing […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN condemns in the strongest terms the prison sentence handed down to Internet journalist Zouhair Yahyaoui. According to information received by PEN, Yahyaoui, who uses the pseudonym Ettounsi (the Tunisian), was sentenced to two years and four months’ imprisonment on 20 June 2002 by the Tribunal de Première Instance […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 19 June 2002 letter to Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, CPJ protested the arrest and prosecution of Zouhair Yahyaoui, an Internet café employee and editor of the online publication “Tunezine”. On the evening of 4 June, plainclothes state agents detained Yahyaoui at an Internet café in the capital, Tunis. Authorities […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has protested the 4 June 2002 arrest of Zouhair Yahyaoui, founder and editor of the online newspaper “TUNeZINE”, and the government’s suppression of the newspaper’s website. “Barely two weeks after the referendum on the constitution, whose proposed amendment would supposedly boost human rights in Tunisia, President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has shown […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 17 May 2002, RSF denounced the Tunisian government’s “disgraceful” refusal to allow Jean-Pierre Tuquoi, a reporter from the French daily newspaper “Le Monde”, into the country to cover the 26 May constitutional referendum. “In the past month, the Tunisian regime has targeted two foreign journalists,” noted RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard in a […]