On Saturday, the National Union of Tunisian Journalists, with support from the Union of Culture and Information, organized a general press strike held on September 17 to “oppose attacks against journalists from authorities who are desperate to treat journalists as criminals on the basis of repressive laws,” according to a press statement.
Tunisia’s ‘economic miracle’ has not benefited all, nor has it been matched by greater enjoyment of human rights. This was […]
At a press conference on May 4, Naji Bghouri, the head of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT), was prevented by pro-government journalists from finishing comments in which he mentioned of declining press freedoms in Tunisia. The episode showed that the regime of President Zine al-Abedine ben Ali had lost patience even with a body that it had helped establish in January 2008 to cut the grass out from under the feet of the country’s most critical journalists.
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 […]
Once a fortnight, Leila Khaled, a Tunisian housewife, comes down from Tunis, the capital, to the dusty mining region of Gafsa, to visit her son Muthafer Labidi in jail. The rest of the time, she holds vigil at a Tunis hospital where her husband, Bechir Labidi, a trade union leader, lies ailing and handcuffed in his bed.
« L’espace des libertés progresse. » C’était le jugement de Sarko en visite à Tunis, en avril dernier. Visiblement, notre […]
Tout, ou presque, a été dit sur le mouvement social du bassin minier de Gafsa… Tout, sauf l’essentiel. Cette assertion peut paraître, pour certains, provocatrice, voire même arrogante. Mais il n’en est rien. Elle est le résultat d’un constat objectif aussi douloureux que navrant !
4 December 2008. A trade union leader and 37 others face trial in Tunisia on Thursday, accused of fomenting unrest […]
Ce jeudi 4 novembre commence en Tunisie, au Tribunal de première instance de Gafsa le procès très attendu des leaders du plus important et du plus long mouvement […]
Curieux paradoxe, l’adjectif « lâche » a aussi un sens….propre ! Il signifie : méprisable, abject, infâme. Mais il a, […]
Le responsable syndical Adnan Hajji, porte parole du mouvement de protestation sociale dans le bassin minier de Gafsa et une […]
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