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On Wednesday September 11, Tunisian lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani was sentenced to eight months in prison on appeal for her critical remarks about President Kais Saied. Her lawyers denounced the verdict as “judicial harassment.” Dahmani, known for her outspoken views, was arrested on live television on May 11 by masked police officers at the […]
Four journalists including French media RFI correspondent have received nine-month in jail suspended sentences for defamation in an alleged sexual harassment affair within State-run television ORTC. The ORTC has been reportedly marred by cases of sexual harassment by some men and senior staff members on women in exchange for promotion. The Union of Journalists of […]
Reporters Without Borders fears reporting in Africa’s Sahel region will soon be ‘mission impossible’, as the international NGO reveals in its latest report published on Monday (3 April) where it describes a deterioration in the working conditions of journalists. Local and international media are caught between jihadist threats and pressure from the authorities, as was […]
The union of Tunisian journalism, SNJT, Monday has backed up plans by the country’s state-run media personnel to stage a protest in view of denouncing authoritarian management. SNJT Vice-President Amira Mohamed, Webdo Tunis reports, indicated that the strike whose date is not set yet, will take place across all public media. The union, according to […]
France-based international media protection organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued Wednesday a stark report about the state of media in Tunisia as it warns against “risk of diluting the achievements of the revolution”. In the report titled “Journalism in Tunisia: the hour of truth”, the NGO, stressed that “journalism in Tunisia is at a turning […]