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Rights Najla Ben Salah30 ديسمبر 2022

حرية الصحافة: اعتقال إحسان القاضي، انتكاسة بالغة في الجزائر

واجه الصحفي الجزائري إحسان القاضي طيلة ثلاث سنوات ملاحقات قضائية بسبب مقالات صحفية نشرت في مجموعته الإعلامية التي يديرها والمتكونة من “راديو إم” الذي يبث على شبكة الأنترنت وموقع “مغرب إميرجون”. ومنذ منتصف ليلة الجمعة الماضي، يقبع الصحفي الجزائري في “ثكنة عنتر” في ضواحي الجزائر العاصمة وهي إحدى المعاقل التاريخية للمخابرات الجزائرية، بعد أن تم تجديد إيقافه مرتين، ليحال يوم 29 ديسمبر أمام وكيل الجمهورية ثم قاضي التحقيق بالمحكمة الابتدائية سيدي امحمد بالعاصمة الجزائرية. و ذكر موقع “راديو إم” أن الصحفي المعتقل مثل أمام وكيل الجمهورية دون حضور محاميه بسبب عدم علمهم بموعد التحقيق معه، ليأمر قاضي التحقيق بالمحكمة الابتدائية سيدي امحمد بإيداع الصحفي إحسان القاضي بالحبس المؤقت على ذمة التحقيق.

Media Ghaya Ben Mbarek02 August 2021

Concerns over Press Freedom as Journalists Harassed, Detained

There have been numerous assaults and harassment of journalists by security forces, politicians and officials in recent years–with June alone seeing 18 assaults, and May seeing 13, according to the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT). However, in the days since mass protests began on July 25 and President Kais Saied subsequently announced exceptional measures concentrating powers under him, there has been a spike in such harassment.

Media Rihab Boukhayatia22 October 2020

Young Journalists Seize Control of Tunisia’s Press Union

On September 23, journalist Mohamed Yassine Jelassi, a member of Nawaat’s team, was elected president of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) for a three-year term. The association’s new executive committee is composed of nine members, including three women. With remarkable youth participation and a decent amount of female participation, the new committee reflects changes that have marked the sector within a tumultuous socio-political backdrop.

Rights Nawaat18 ماي 2020

من أجل التوقّف الفوري عن هرسلة لينا عطا الله، رئيسة تحرير مدى مصر

تمّ إيقاف رئيسة تحرير موقع مدى مصر لينا عطا الله صباح الأحد 17 ماي 2020 قرب سجن طرة بالقاهرة وهي بصدد إجراء حوار مع ليلى سويف والدة السجين السياسي علاء عبد الفتاح التي تخوض إضراب جوع منذ شهر، ثمّ أُفرج عنها البارحة في ساعة متأخرة من الليل.

Rights Nawaat18 May 2020

Egyptian authorities must stop harassing Lina Attalah

Lina Attalah, Mada Masr’s editor in chief, was arrested on Sunday May 17, 2020, outside the Tora Prison complex in Cairo. Law enforcement officials informed her colleagues that she will be held overnight and will appear before the prosecutor tomorrow morning. Attalah was arrested while she was interviewing Laila Soueif, the mother of imprisoned activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, who had been on a hunger strike for 35 days. She was released on bail later in the evening.

Blogs Hedi Yahmed20 February 2019

SNJT, a model for export to the Arab world?

“The answer is Tunisia.” That’s what Egyptians say when they talk about a solution to their political crisis and their hopes for democracy at home. It is not only about the possibility of exporting the so-called Tunisian political exception to the Arab region. It also expresses a desire to tap into the dynamism of the professional syndicates, trade unions, and civil society organizations that make up the political landscape in Tunisia and have come to exercise the power of oversight and consultation with the authorities. The National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (Syndicat National des Journalistes Tunisiens, or SNJT) is one of these professional syndicates with growing weight and influence.

Rights Vanessa Szakal30 November 2015

More than security, human rights are threatened in Tunisia

In seamless consistency with the government’s response to the Bardo and Sousse attacks in March and June, official discourse, superficial security measures, and the actions of security forces since last Tuesday’s tragedy reflect the absence of a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy and have kept alive the notion that effective security requires the relinquishing of certain rights and liberties.

Themes Ece Temelkuran07 Jan 2012

Turkish “democracy”: The two articles that caused the firing of Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran

[Editor’s Note: Here are two articles written by one of Turkey’s best-known journalists and political commentators Ece Temelkuran in which she criticized the regime’s repressive policy towards journalists and its militaristic policy towards Kurds, a policy that culminated recently in the Uludere massacre that killed over 35 people among them 19 kids. Ece Tumlekuran’s articles were published last week on her former newspaper Habertuk and resulted in her firing from the newspaper under what seemingly was a political pressure from the political establishment.]

Themes CPJ20 March 2009

CPJ presses Tunisia on poor press freedom record

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges you on the eve of the 53rd anniversary of Tunisia’s independence from France to end an ongoing cycle of repression of critical journalists and media outlets. We ask that you abide by the commitment you have made repeatedly since coming to power in 1987 to promote freedom of expression. The last time […]

Themes Nawaat10 March 2009

Tunisia’s bloggers defy state censors

Foreign tourists know Tunisia for its sunny beaches, ancient ruins and one of the Arab world’s most liberal societies. But for Tunisians, life is a daily tiptoe through a minefield of political taboos enforced by a vast security apparatus and heavily censored media. Now the country’s drive to embrace the internet is giving Tunisians an unexected new outlet to challenge authority.

Media Riadh Guerfali11 Sep 2008

Tunisie: Plainte conte l’ATI… Bravo Zied El Heni…

A mes yeux, ce recours près du Tribunal de Tunis tendant à faire condamner l’ATI pour ses pratiques scandaleuses vaut mille fois plus que les quelques discours creux de ceux qui aspirent un jour à gouverner en nos noms afin de changer le cours des choses. Remarque… il faut avouer qu’il n’y pas beaucoup de discours politiques qui me soient adressés dans mon langage […]