Freedom House

The IFEX-TMG calls on the government to immediately pass the application decrees regarding the establishment of the HAICA – a regulatory body consisting of experts and representatives of all stakeholders to protect media against all forms of corruption and abuse.

For months the government has made token gestures rather than implement reforms that address the root causes of the grievances of the protestors, says Freedom House.

Twenty-nine IFEX members have signed a letter to the Prosecutor General about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed to be politically motivated, calling for him to be released and for the evidence leading to his arrest to be made public.

Because the new arms sale is being broken up into multiple small pieces, it does not fall under Congressional notification requirements and details do not have to be made public. 



Freedom House had planned to send three staff members to the country to help implement a women’s empowerment program funded by the US Government but they were denied entry into the country after having received their visas.

In its annual survey of political rights and civil liberties, the organisation concluded that even as the Arab Spring triggered unprecedented progress, it also provoked a backlash, repercussion of which have been felt across the Middle East, Eurasia and Africa.

On the anniversary of the revolution, IFEX-TMG urges the Tunisian government to revoke controversial appointments giving media personnel close to the deposed President key posts in the public service media, and further calls for an end to attacks on journalists.

IFEX-TMG calls on authorities to do more to stop attacks on freedom of expression.