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Tunisia

New authorities, old-style crackdown

Security forces marked Martyr's Day on 9 April in Tunisia by dispersing thousands of protesters - including more than a dozen journalists - with tear gas and truncheons. It is just the latest sign that despite Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali being the first dictator to fall in the Arab uprisings, old-style free expression violations continue, reports the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX members.

Tunisia

Free expression landscape in state of malaise post-Ben Ali, says IFEX-TMG

Almost a year after the overthrow of President Ben Ali, the free expression field is in a state of "malaise" due to decades of censorship and repression, said members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG). Meeting in Tunis last week to discuss the free expression landscape in the new Tunisia, IFEX-TMG members came up with a slew of recommendations that could help the country move forward.

Tunisia

Media freedom in question after first post-revolution elections

With 90 per cent of eligible voters in Tunisia participating in a free election for the first time in 55 years on 23 October, IFEX members are calling for numerous reforms and political commitments to nurture this great yearning for democracy. Violent attacks on a Tunis TV station earlier this month have hit home the need for security, legal reform and educational campaigns.

Tunisia

Strong media and civil society needed post-revolution, says IFEX-TMG

If Tunisians are to play an informed part in the country's democratic transition, they need a free and independent media and a strong, democratic and open civil society, says the first report to be published by the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) since the fall of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's 23-year-old regime.

Tunisia

Country "pessi-optimistic" about free expression situation post-Ben Ali, IFEX-TMG mission finds

Despite the release of jailed bloggers, activists and journalists, including Fahem Boukadous, threats to freedom of expression and other human rights in Tunisia did not disappear with the fall of President Zine El Abedine Ben Ali, says a team of seven members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), which has just completed a mission to the country.

Tunisia

Ben Ali gone, struggle for free expression lives on

The departure of Tunisian despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali - which led to the release of jailed bloggers, activists and journalists, including Fahem Boukadous - is both cause for celebration and an opportunity for more free expression reform, say members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) and other IFEX members.

Tunisia

Government resorts to hacking to stamp out coverage of unrest

While Tunisia continues to implode with protests against unemployment and corruption, officials are doing their best to ensure the public doesn't know what's going on. They pulled the usual stunts: arrested journalists, censored opposition newspapers and obstructed reports and broadcasts, report members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) and other IFEX members. But this time, the authorities have gone even further - harvesting passwords and usernames of bloggers, reporters and political activists to identify protest leaders and delete or compromise their email and Facebook accounts.

Tunisia

Judicial harassment stifles free expression

An ailing Tunisian journalist is languishing in jail on trumped up charges, while another faces two years in jail for being the target of a physical attack. This is just some of the evidence of how the authorities use the courts to crush dissent, says the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG). Meanwhile, judges who dare to criticise the authorities are being uprooted from their jobs or are even having their salaries withheld, adds IFEX-TMG, which has stepped up its campaign to promote judicial independence.

Tunisia

War on free expression escalates with repressive legislation

The Tunisian government has intensified its attack on dissenting voices with a bill that will be used to silence critical journalists. The International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 20 IFEX members, condemns the adoption by the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies on 15 June of a law designed to eliminate political and social unrest. A number of other IFEX members also protested the new law.

Tunisia

Independent judiciary key to safeguard free expression

Tunisia needs a truly independent judiciary to combat its worsening record on human rights and treatment of prisoners of opinion, said the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 20 IFEX members, after its seventh mission to the country from 25 April to 6 May.

Tunisia

TMG calls on African Commission to examine country's poor free expression record

Tunisian authorities are relentlessly punishing critical journalists and rights activists, says the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), composed of 20 IFEX members, after a recent mission. This week the TMG is urging members of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) meeting in Gambia to examine the repression of freedom of expression and press freedom in Tunisia. For example, a journalist is facing four years in prison for reporting on demonstrations against unemployment and corruption. The TMG has also welcomed the recent release of an imprisoned critical journalist, but argues that he should have never been jailed.

Tunisia

OLPEC battles cyber censorship

The Observatoire pour la liberté de presse, d'édition et de création (OLPEC) has released a report which exposes the regulatory and technical machinations of censorship in Tunisia, and by doing so, provides dissidents with tools to protect themselves from cyber attacks and surveillance.

Tunisia

Journalists at risk; pro-government press intensifies attack on critics

Intimidation and harassment of Tunisian journalists has escalated in recent weeks, reports the Observatoire pour la liberté de presse, d'édition et de création (OLPEC). The Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), composed of 20 IFEX members, has called on the European Parliament to raise free expression violations with the Tunisian government in upcoming discussions.

Tunisia

Presidential palace furious as it hunts down opposition

Despite consolidating his vice-like grip on power, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali continues to imprison journalists critical of his regime, say members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group in a joint action this week. Other dissidents are trapped in their homes, surrounded by police who prevent visitors from entering.

Tunisia

Victory guaranteed; opposition clobbered and dissent crushed

After reducing his opposition, silencing dissent and repressing any independent media coverage, Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected for a fifth time on 25 October, reports the Arab Network for Human Rights (ANHRI) and other IFEX members.

Tunisia

Smear campaign against Al-Jazeera; journalist beaten

The Tunisian government has launched a smear campaign against Qatar-based Al-Jazeera as part of its ongoing strategy to silence dissent in order to ensure a fifth term for President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the upcoming October election, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). This is just one of a number of recent violations reported by IFEX members.

Tunisia

Members of journalists' union fight for independence

The National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) continues to fight for its independence, having been illegally taken over by government supporters last month, say members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), the Observatoire pour la liberté de presse, d'édition et de création (OLPEC) and other IFEX members.

Tunisia

Government allies seize control of journalists' union

The Tunisian government has "overthrown" the independent board of the journalists' union in Tunisia, report the Observatoire pour la liberté de la presse, d'édition et de création (OLPEC), the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and other IFEX members.

Tunisia

Authorities step up campaign against critics ahead of elections

As the Tunisian government prepares for October's presidential elections, authorities are employing both old and new tactics in an all-out intimidation campaign against journalists and rights defenders, say members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) and other IFEX members.

Tunisia

Government behind campaign to destabilise media union

The Tunisian government is trying to undermine the journalists' union, just one tactic in its ongoing campaign to silence independent media, say the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) and other IFEX members.

Awards / Tunisia

IPA awards 2009 Freedom to Publish Prize to OLPEC founders

Three of Tunisia's most recognised - and victimised - free expression defenders have been awarded this year's International Publishers Association (IPA) Freedom to Publish Prize.

Tunisia

UNE STATION DE RADIO INDÉPENDANTE ASSIÉGÉE

Tunisia

ESTACIÓN DE RADIO INDEPENDIENTE SITIADA

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INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION UNDER SIEGE

Tunisian plainclothes police surrounded and raided the offices of a just-launched satellite radio station and detained one of its journalists last week, the latest affront on independent journalism in the country, say the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) and IFEX members.

Tunisia

AUTORIDADES SE ESFUERZAN "AL MÁXIMO" PARA SILENCIAR A DISIDENTES, DICE TMG

Tunisia

LES AUTORITÉS FONT « TOUT CE QU'ELLES PEUVENT » POUR ÉTOUFFER LES DISSIDENTS, DIT LE TMG

Tunisia

AUTHORITIES DOING "UTMOST" TO STIFLE DISSIDENTS, SAYS TMG

The Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of 18 freedom of expression organisations who belong to the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), is appealing to the Tunisian authorities and the new UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression to look into the increasing number of attacks against human rights defenders and independent journalists in Tunisia, many of them with close ties to IFEX.

Tunisia

UN RAPPORT DU CPJ INDIQUE QUE LA TUNISIE FONCTIONNE COMME UN ÉTAT POLICIER

Tunisia

INFORME DEL CPJ DICE QUE TÚNEZ ESTÁ FUNCIONANDO COMO ESTADO POLICÍACO

Tunisia

CPJ REPORT SAYS TUNISIA OPERATING AS A POLICE STATE

Beneath a veneer of benevolence, Tunisia silences its critics with a vengeance, says a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Based on a mission to Tunisia this summer, the report "found journalists subject to routine imprisonment, assault, harassment and censorship."

Tunisia

DISMINUYEN ALGUNAS RESTRICCIONES A PERIODISTAS; CENSURAN CONTENIDO EN LÍNEA

Tunisia

QUELQUES RESTRICTIONS CONCERNANT LES JOURNALISTES SONT ADOUCIES; LE CONTENU EN LIGNE EST CENSURÉ

Tunisia

SOME RESTRICTIONS ON JOURNALISTS EASED; ONLINE CONTENT CENSORED

After twice being barred from leaving Tunisia, journalist and human rights advocate Sihem Bensedrine was allowed to fly to Vienna on 2 September. IFEX's Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) reported that international support was likely a factor in the Tunisian government's decision to let her leave.

Tunisia

IMPIDEN SALIR DEL PAÍS A DEFENSORA DE LA LIBRE EXPRESIÓN

Tunisia

UNE MILITANTE DE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION EST EMPÊCHÉE DE QUITTER LE PAYS

Tunisia

FREE-EXPRESSION ADVOCATE BARRED FROM LEAVING COUNTRY

Twice within a week, Tunisian authorities barred journalist and human rights advocate Sihem Bensedrine from flying to Vienna, on one occasion roughing her up and throwing her computer on the floor.

Tunisia

UN JOURNALISTE AU FRANC PARLER EST LIBÉRÉ PAR ANTICIPATION

Tunisia

LIBERACIÓN ADELANTADA DE PERIODISTA CRÍTICO

Tunisia

OUTSPOKEN JOURNALIST FREED EARLY

Following intense lobbying and campaigning by the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), the Observatory for the Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation in Tunisia (OLPEC) and other IFEX members, freelance journalist Slim Boukhdhir, known for his outspoken views on the Tunisian President, has been freed - four months before the end of his sentence.

Tunisia

UN COMÉDIEN EST LIBÉRÉ, LA PEINE DE PRISON D'UN JOURNALISTE EST MAINTENUE

Tunisia

COMEDIANTE LIBERADO; CONFIRMAN SENTENCIA DE CÁRCEL A PERIODISTA

Tunisia

COMEDIAN FREED WHILE JOURNALIST'S JAIL SENTENCE UPHELD

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) and the Observatory for the Freedom of the Press, Publishing and Creation in Tunisia (OLPEC) welcomed the release of a comedian who was jailed for two months for satirising Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Meanwhile, a prominent journalist who wrote critical articles of the President had his one-year sentence upheld in another high-profile case.

Tunisia

IFEX-TMG HABLA CONTRA ATAQUE A DEFENSORES DE LOS DERECHOS

Tunisia

LE TMG DE L'IFEX DÉNONCE L'ASSAUT CONTRE LES DÉFENSEURS DES DROITS

Tunisia

IFEX-TMG SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ASSAULT ON RIGHTS DEFENDERS

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 18 IFEX members, has condemned an assault by customs officials on two prominent human rights activists in Tunisia, including the head of IFEX's Tunisian member, on their way back from Europe last week.

Tunisia

UN COMÉDIEN EN PRISON POUR AVOIR IMITÉ LE PRÉSIDENT

Tunisia

COMEDIANTE EN PRISIÓN POR SATIRIZAR AL PRESIDENTE

Tunisia

COMEDIAN IN PRISON FOR SATIRISING PRESIDENT

A Tunisian comedian was framed for drugs and fake currency charges and sentenced to a year behind bars as punishment for imitating the Tunisian President, says the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG).

Tunisia

TRIBUNAL CONFIRMA SENTENCIA DE UN AÑO DE CÁRCEL A PERIODISTA

Tunisia

LE TRIBUNAL CONFIRME LA PEINE D'UN AN DE PRISON IMPOSÉE À UN JOURNALISTE

Tunisia

COURT UPHOLDS JOURNALIST'S ONE-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have condemned the "politically-motivated" ruling of a Tunisian appeals court that upholds a one-year jail sentence against a journalist who had written articles critical of the President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family.

Tunisia

IMPONEN SENTENCIA DE CÁRCEL DE UN AÑO A PERIODISTA EN "JUICIO INJUSTO"

Tunisia

UN JOURNALISTE REÇOIT UNE PEINE D'UN AN DE PRISON À L'ISSUE D'UN « PROCÈS INIQUE »

Tunisia

JOURNALIST GIVEN ONE YEAR JAIL SENTENCE IN "UNFAIR TRIAL"

Five months after human rights lawyer Mohamed Abbou's early release from jail, a Tunisian journalist has been sentenced to one year in prison following an unfair trial, say the Observatory for the Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation in Tunisia (OLPEC), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and other IFEX members.

Tunisia

LES DÉFENSEURS DES DROITS PREND LA PAROLE DANS UNE CONFÉRENCE À WASHINGTON

Tunisia

ACTIVISTAS DE DERECHOS SE EXPRESAN EN CONFERENCIA EN WASHINGTON

Tunisia

RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT AT WASHINGTON CONFERENCE

Six Tunisian human rights activists descended on Washington, D.C. on 13 November to highlight violations in Tunisia under President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who marks his 20th anniversary in power this month. Recently freed dissident Mohamed Abbou was not one of them. Although he was invited to the conference, he was not permitted to travel, nor was Judge Ahmed Rahmouni.

Tunisia

MIEMBROS DE IFEX PROTESTAN POR 20 AÑOS EN PODER DE PRESIDENTE BEN ALI

Tunisia

LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX PROTESTENT CONTRE LES 20 ANS DU PRÉSIDENT BEN ALI AU POUVOIR

Tunisia

IFEX MEMBERS PROTEST PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S 20 YEARS IN POWER

While pro-government papers praise the "president of change" on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Tunisian President Zein Alabideen Ben Ali's rule on 7 November, the Arabic Network for Human Rights (HRInfo) will reveal the names of Egyptian publications that have continued to print paid ads as news articles that show Tunisia and Ben Ali as models of democracy. It's just one of the actions by IFEX members and partners to protest Ben Ali's 20-year dictatorship.

Tunisia

UN MILITANT DES DROITS SE VOIT NIER LE DROIT DE VOYAGER

Tunisia

NIEGAN A ACTIVISTA DE DERECHOS DERECHO A VIAJAR

Tunisia

RIGHTS ACTIVIST DENIED RIGHT TO TRAVEL

The Tunisian authorities have again denied a prominent lawyer and human rights defender the right to travel freely, this time to support an Egyptian journalist on trial, reports the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo).

Tunisia

SUSPENDEN CASO DE DIFAMACIÓN CONTRA PERIODISTA; OFICINA DE ABOGADO INCENDIADA

Tunisia

LE PROCÈS EN DIFFAMATION D'UN JOURNALISTE EST SUSPENDU; LE CABINET D'UN AVOCAT EST INCENDIÉ

Tunisia

JOURNALIST'S LIBEL CASE SUSPENDED; LAWYER'S OFFICE UP IN FLAMES

The day after the defamation case against Tunisian editor Omar Mestiri was suspended, one of his lawyer's offices was torched, report the Observatory for Freedom of the Press, Publishing and Creation (Observatoire pour la liberté de presse, d'édition et de creation, OLPEC) and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo).

Tunisia

TMG IFEX PIDE QUE SE RETIREN CARGOS DE DIFAMACIÓN CONTRA PERIODISTAS

Tunisia

LE GROUPE D'OBSERVATION DE LA TUNISIE ORGANISÉ PAR L'IFEX DEMANDE L'ABANDON DES CHARGES DE DIFFAMATION CONTRE UN JOURNALISTE

Tunisia

IFEX-TMG CALLS FOR LIBEL CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AGAINST JOURNALIST

Members of IFEX's Tunisian Monitoring Group (TMG) are demanding that all charges be dropped in the criminal defamation trial of Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri, and that President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali improves his country's free expression record.

Tunisia

LIBERAN A ACTIVISTA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS MOHAMED ABBOU

Tunisia

LE MILITANT DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE MOHAMED ABBOU EST LIBÉRÉ

Tunisia

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST MOHAMED ABBOU FREED

Tunisian lawyer and human rights defender Mohamed Abbou was released on 24 July after spending more than two years in jail for criticising the government on the Internet, reports the Observatory for Freedom of the Press, Publishing and Creation (Observatoire pour la liberté de presse, d'édition et de creation, OLPEC). Members of IFEX's Tunisian Monitoring Group (TMG), who have been campaigning for his release this year - including visiting him in prison in March - joined OLPEC and other rights groups in welcoming his release.

Tunisia

LES VIOLATIONS DE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION SONT PIRES QU'IL Y A UN AN, DIT LE TMG

Tunisia

TUNISIE : CAMPAGNE POUR FAIRE DÉBLOQUER « DAILYMOTION »

Tunisia

VIOLACIONES A LA LIBRE EXPRESIÓN SON PEORES UN AÑO DESPUÉS, DICE TMG

Tunisia

TÚNEZ: CAMPAÑA PARA RETIRAR BLOQUEO DE SITIO WEB DAILYMOTION

Tunisia

FREE EXPRESSION VIOLATIONS WORSE A YEAR ON, SAYS TMG

The Tunisian government has failed to make progress in improving free expression conditions over the past year, even further stifling dissidents, the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) has found in its fourth major report.

Tunisia

TUNISIA: UNBLOCK DAILYMOTION CAMPAIGN

Tunisian activists are urging bloggers and Internet communities everywhere to post banners on their websites in protest of the government ban of a popular video-sharing service.

Tunisia

BLOQUEAN DELEGACIÓN DE TMG EN PRISIÓN EN DÍA DE MOHAMMED ABBOU

Tunisia

LA DÉLÉGATION DU TMG EST BLOQUÉE DEVANT LA PRISON À L'OCCASION DE LA JOURNÉE CONSACRÉE À MOHAMMED ABBOU

Tunisia

TMG DELEGATION BLOCKED AT PRISON ON MOHAMMED ABBOU DAY

Members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) delegation visiting Tunisia were physically prevented on 1 March 2007 from visiting imprisoned human rights lawyer and writer Mohammed Abbou. Men who refused to identify themselves blocked access to the street of the jail in Le Kef, a town 170 km southwest of Tunis.

Tunisia

AGISSEZ ! TUNISIE : UN MILITANT DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE MARQUE LE DEUXIÈME ANNIVERSAIRE DE SON INCARCÉRATION

Tunisia

TÚNEZ: ACTIVISTA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS CUMPLE SEGUNDO AÑO EN PRISIÓN

Tunisia

TAKE ACTION! TUNISIA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST MARKS SECOND YEAR IN PRISON

20 February 2007

Tunisia

LE NOUVEAU CHEF DE L'ONU EST PRIÉ D'ATTIRER L'ATTENTION SUR LA CENSURE EN TUNISIE

Tunisia

INSTAN A NUEVO LÍDER DE ONU A SEÑALAR CENSURA EN TÚNEZ

Tunisia

NEW U.N. CHIEF URGED TO CALL ATTENTION TO CENSORSHIP IN TUNISIA

An international coalition of free expression groups has urged new U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to remind Tunisia of its obligations under international law to respect freedom of expression and other human rights.

Tunisia

ACOSAN A PERIODISTAS Y ACTIVISTAS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

Tunisia

DES JOURNALISTES ET DES MILITANTS DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE SONT HARCELÉS

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JOURNALISTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HARASSED

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group, a coalition of 16 free expression organisations, is calling attention to human rights violations in Tunisia, where journalists and rights activists known for criticising the government are being harassed by authorities.

Tunisia

AGISSEZ ! TUNISIE : UN MILITANT DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE EST INCARCÉRÉ

Tunisia

¡ACTÚE! TÚNEZ: ACTIVISTA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS ENCARCELADO

Tunisia

TAKE ACTION! TUNISIA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JAILED

30 May 2006

Tunisia

LA LIBRE EXPRESSION TOUJOURS EN ÉTAT DE SIÈGE

Tunisia

LA LIBRE EXPRESIÓN SIGUE EN ESTADO DE SITIO

Tunisia

FREE EXPRESSION STILL UNDER SIEGE

Five months after the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) focused international attention on the host country Tunisia's poor human rights record, freedom of expression remains well below international standards, a fact-finding mission by the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) has found.

Tunisia

UN JOURNALISTE ET DES DISSIDENTS DE L'INTERNET SONT REMIS EN LIBERTÉ; LA RÉPRESSION CONTINUE

Tunisia

PERIODISTA Y DISIDENTE DE INTERNET LIBERADOS; CONTINÚA LA REPRESIÓN

Tunisia

JOURNALIST, INTERNET DISSIDENTS RELEASED; REPRESSION CONTINUES

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) has welcomed the release of journalist Hamadi Jebali and six young Internet users who were among 1,600 prisoners granted pardons by Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali on 25 February 2006.

Tunisia

TÚNEZ MUESTRA SU VERDADERO ROSTRO DURANTE LA CUMBRE DE LA ONU EN INTERNET

Tunisia

LA TUNISIE MONTRE SON VRAI VISAGE LORS DU SOMMET DES NATIONS UNIES SUR L'INTERNET

Tunisia

TUNISIA SHOWS TRUE COLOURS DURING UN INTERNET SUMMIT

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which brought together 15,000 representatives from governments, business and civil society groups around the world, shone a spotlight on the host country, Tunisia and its poor human rights record.

Tunisia

SOCIEDAD CIVIL PIDE INVESTIGACIÓN DE ONU SOBRE ATAQUES A LIBRE EXPRESIÓN EN CUMBRE DE INTERNET

Tunisia

LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE DEMANDE AUX NATIONS UNIES DE FAIRE ENQUÊTE SUR LES ATTAQUES CONTRE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION AU SOMMET SUR L'INTERNET

Tunisia

LES GROUPES DE DÉFENSE DE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION DÉNONCENT LES ATTAQUES CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES ET LES DÉFENSEURS DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE

Tunisia

GRUPOS DE LIBRE EXPRESIÓN PROTESTAN POR AGRESIONES CONTRA PERIODISTAS Y DEFENSORES DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS

Tunisia

FREE EXPRESSION GROUPS PROTEST ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) has launched a protest against Tunisia's hosting of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in the wake of attacks on journalists and human rights activists in Tunis in the past few days.

Tunisia

TMG PIDE LIBERACIÓN DE PERIODISTAS Y DISIDENTES ENCARCELADOS

Tunisia

LE TMG DEMANDE LA LIBÉRATION DES JOURNALISTES ET DES DISSIDENTS EMPRISONNÉS

Tunisia

TMG CALLS FOR RELEASE OF JAILED JOURNALISTS, DISSIDENTS

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) has called on Tunisia's president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, to order the release of all prisoners held for free expression "crimes" in advance of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which opens on Wednesday in Tunis.

Tunisia

LA TUNISIE INAPTE À TENIR LE SOMMET DES NATIONS UNIES SUR L'INFORMATION, DIT LE TMG

Tunisia

IMPIDEN CELEBRAR CONFERENCIA A SINDICATO DE PERIODISTAS

Tunisia

ON EMPÊCHE LE SYNDICAT DES JOURNALISTES DE TENIR UNE CONFÉRENCE

Tunisia

LE GROUPE D'OBSERVATION DE LA TUNISIE ORGANISÉ PAR L'IFEX DEMANDE LA FIN DE LA CENSURE DE L'INTERNET

Tunisia

TUNISIA MONITORING GROUP URGES END TO INTERNET CENSORSHIP

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) has launched a new website detailing the state of free expression in Tunisia and challenging the government to end Internet blocking in the lead-up to the November 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

Tunisia

UN RAPPORT DE RSF DÉMOLIT LE BILAN DE LA TUNISIE EN MATIÈRE DE DROITS DE LA PERSONNE

Tunisia

INFORME DE RSF ARREMETE CONTRA EXPEDIENTE DE DERECHOS HUMANOS DE TÚNEZ

Tunisia

RSF REPORT SLAMS TUNISIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD

Don't believe the "positive news" Tunisia is spreading in the international media about its human rights record as it prepares to host the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in November 2005, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Tunisia

LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE CANADIENNE EXIGE QUE L'ON RESPECTE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION AU SMSI

Tunisia

SOCIEDAD CIVIL CANADIENSE PIDE RESPETO PARA LIBRE EXPRESIÓN EN CMSI

Tunisia

PERSISTEN GRAVES INQUIETUDES DE DERECHOS HUMANOS, DICE ORGANISMO DE VIGILANCIA

Tunisia

DE GRAVES PRÉOCCUPATIONS DEMEURENT AU CHAPITRE DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE, DISENT LES ORGANISATIONS CHIENS DE GARDE

Tunisia

SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS REMAIN, SAY WATCHDOGS

The Tunisian government is failing to take effective action to stop human rights abuses in the country, putting its status as host of the November 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in question, says the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of 13 IFEX members that monitors free expression violations in the North African country.

Tunisia

À LA COMMISSION DES DROITS DE L'HOMME DE L'ONU, DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX BRAQUENT LES PROJECTEURS SUR LA TUNISIE

Tunisia

MIEMBROS DE IFEX SEÑALAN A TÚNEZ EN COMISIÓN DE DERECHOS HUMANOS DE ONU

Tunisia

IFEX MEMBERS SPOTLIGHT TUNISIA AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

On 31 March 2005, members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) will highlight the worrying state of freedom of expression in Tunisia at a panel discussion in Geneva during the annual session of the UN Commission on Human Rights.

Tunisia

LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX PLEURENT LA MORT D'UN DÉFENSEUR DE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION

Tunisia

MIEMBROS DE IFEX LAMENTAN MUERTE DE DEFENSOR DE LIBRE EXPRESIÓN

Tunisia

IFEX MEMBERS MOURN DEATH OF FREE EXPRESSION DEFENDER

IFEX members are paying tribute to Tunisian cyber-dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui, who died suddenly of a heart attack on 13 March 2005 in Tunis. He was 36 years old.

Tunisia

LE SMSI LIMITE LA DISTRIBUTION DU RAPPORT SUR LA TUNISIE

Tunisia

CMSI RESTRINGE DISTRIBUCIÓN DE INFORME SOBRE TÚNEZ

Tunisia

WSIS RESTRICTS DISTRIBUTION OF TUNISIA REPORT

IFEX members are calling for open debate on freedom of expression in Tunisia as the country prepares to host the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis in November 2005. This comes in response to a decision by the WSIS organisers to restrict the distribution of a report on free expression in Tunisia at the recently concluded preparatory committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.

Tunisia

LA LIBRE EXPRESSION EN ÉTAT DE SIÈGE, DIT LE GROUPE DE L'IFEX CHARGÉ DE LA SURVEILLANCE DE LA TUNISIE

Tunisia

LIBRE EXPRESIÓN SITIADA, DICE GRUPO DE VIGILANCIA DE IFEX

Tunisia

FREE EXPRESSION UNDER SIEGE, SAYS IFEX MONITORING GROUP

The Tunisian government must take serious steps to respect international standards on freedom of expression and other human rights if it is to earn its standing as the host of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in November 2005, says the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG).

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UNE MISSION DE L'IFEX CONSTATE « DES SUJETS DE GRAVE PRÉOCCUPATION » EN CE QUI CONCERNE LE SMSI

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MISIÓN INVESTIGADORA DE IFEX ENCUENTRA "GRAVES INQUIETUDES" PARA CUMBRE CMSI

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IFEX MISSION FINDS "SERIOUS CONCERNS" FOR WSIS SUMMIT

A fact-finding mission to Tunisia undertaken by members of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) has found "serious cause for concern" about the current state of freedom of expression and of civil liberties in the country, including gross restrictions on freedom of the press, media, publishing and the Internet.

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DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX ATTIRENT L'ATTENTION SUR LES VIOLATIONS DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE

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MIEMBROS DE IFEX SEÑALAN ABUSOS CONTRA DERECHOS HUMANOS

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IFEX MEMBERS CALL ATTENTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

As the host of the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Tunisia would like the international community to believe that it is a leader in providing access to information and promoting human rights. But IFEX members tell a different story. They say Tunisian authorities employ brutal methods of silencing political dissidents, human rights advocates, journalists and Internet users.

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COBERTURA DE ELECCIONES ESTÁ SESGADA

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COUVERTURE PARTIALE DE L'ÉLECTION PRÉSIDENTIELLE

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ELECTION COVERAGE BIASED

Tunisia's voters were deprived of independent news and opinions in the run-up to the recent elections which returned incumbent president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali to power, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

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IPI INSTA A CMSI A RECONSIDERAR UBICACIÓN DE CUMBRE

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L'IIP PRESSE LE SMSI DE REVOIR SON CHOIX DU LIEU D'UN PROCHAIN SOMMET

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FIP SUSPENDE A ASOCIACIÓN DE PERIODISTAS TUNECINOS TRAS CONCEDER PREMIO DE LIBERTAD DE PRENSA A PRESIDENTE BEN ALI

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LA FIJ SUSPEND L'ASSOCIATION DES JOURNALISTES DE TUNISIE APRÈS QUE CELLE-CI EUT DÉCERNÉ AU PRÉSIDENT BEN ALI UN PRIX DE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE

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IFJ SUSPENDS TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATION AFTER PRESS FREEDOM AWARD TO PRESIDENT BEN ALI

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has decided to suspend the Tunisian Journalists' Association (AJT) from membership and recommend its expulsion. IFJ's Executive Committee had expressed dismay over the presentation of the Association's "Plume d'Or" award for press freedom to President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali at a ceremony late last year.

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DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX FONT PRESSION SUR BUSH AU SUJET DE LA FICHE DE LA TUNISIE EN MATIÈRE DE LIBRE EXPRESSION

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MIEMBROS DE IFEX PRESIONAN A BUSH RESPECTO A EXPEDIENTE DE TÚNEZ DE LIBRE EXPRESIÓN

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IFEX MEMBERS PRESS BUSH ON TUNISIA'S FREE EXPRESSION RECORD

As Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali prepares to visit the United States this week, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are urging U.S. President George W. Bush to express concerns about the dismal state of free expression in the North African country.

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LIBERAN A PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS

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CUBA/TUNISIA: JAILED JOURNALISTS FREED

Some good news flowed out of Cuba and Tunisia this past week, with the release of jailed Cuban journalist Bernardo Arévalo Padrón and Tunisian Internet dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui, notes

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CHINA IS WORLD LEADER IN INTERNET JAILINGS; TUNISIAN AWARDED PRIZE

The Internet is "one of the most powerful agents of freedom, [exposing] truth to those who wish to see and hear it," says one of its pioneers, Vinton Cerf. It is because of this power that many governments fear the Internet and its ability to make the truth known. They respond by cracking down on individuals who attempt to distribute or download online information deemed "subversive," putting dozens in prison while blocking access to hundreds of websites.

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LES AUTORITÉS SONT PRIÉES INSTAMMENT DE LIBÉRER LES JOURNALISTES

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INSTAN A AUTORIDADES A LIBERAR A PERIODISTAS

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AUTHORITIES URGED TO FREE JOURNALISTS

Press-freedom conditions in Tunisia were under the spotlight last week as the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called on Tunisian authorities to release the country's two remaining journalists from prison.

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POLICÍA ATACA A EDITOR EN TRIBUNAL Y SE CONFIRMA SENTENCIA DE 9 AÑOS

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EN PLEIN TRIBUNAL TANDIS QU'ÉTAIT CONFIRMÉE SA PEINE DE NEUF ANS DE PRISON

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POLICE ASSAULT EDITOR IN COURT AS 9-YEAR SENTENCE CONFIRMED

In what Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls a "courtroom travesty" and a "miscarriage of justice," police abducted and beat "El Badil" newspaper director Hamma Hammami during a court hearing after he re-emerged from hiding to seek a re-trial for a previous conviction. Hammami, who is also the leader of the banned Tunisian Communist Workers' Party, had been sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison in August 1999 because of his political activities, says HRW.

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GOBIERNO DEMANDA A ESTACIÓN DE TV ÁRABE CON SEDE EN REINO UNIDO

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LE GOUVERNEMENT POURSUIT UNE STATION DE TÉLÉVEN LANGUE ARABE INSTALLÉE À LONDRES

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GOVERNMENT SUES UK-BASED ARABIC TV STATION

The Tunisian government of President Ben Ali is using the British courts to muzzle criticism of its human rights violations, says Reporters sans frontières (RSF), following the launch of legal proceedings by a Tunisian judge against Al Mustaquilla, a London-based Arabic television channel.

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"MOVILIZACIÓN A GRAN ESCALA" OBTIENE LIBERACIÓN DE PERIODISTA

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UNE "TRÈS LARGE MOBILISATION" OBTIENT LA REMISE EN LIBERTÉ D?UNE JOURNALISTE

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"LARGE-SCALE MOBILISATION" WINS JOURNALIST'S RELEASE

Journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was released on 11 August after six weeks in jail, according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF). Her release is only temporary and she expects to be called for trial in October or November. The journalist says her "surprise" release is the "fruit of large-scale mobilisation which has put pressure on those in power." Bensedrine, editor of the online weekly "Kalima", secretary-general of the Observatory for the Defence of Press, Publishing and Creation Freedom (OLPEC) and spokesperson for the National Council for Liberties in (CNLT), was detained on 26 June after she made comments about corruption in Tunisia on the London-based television station Al Mustaquilla. [Updates IFEX "Communique" #10-26].">http://communique.ifex.org/articles.cfm?category=1%20Regional%20News&volume=10&issue_no=26%26amp;lng=english#3332">IFEX "Communique" #10-26].

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ARRESTADA POR CRITICAR AL RÉGIMEN; RSF OCUPA OFICINA DE TURISMO EN PARÍS

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RSF OCCUPE LE BUREAU DU TOURISME TUNISIEN À PARIS

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JOURNALIST ARRESTED FOR CRITICISING REGIME; RSF OCCUPIES TOURIST OFFICE IN PARIS

Journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine has been arrested after criticising the Tunisian regime on a London-based television programme, according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Bensedrine, editor of the online magazine "Kalima", secretary-general of the Observatory for the Defence of Freedom of the Press, Publishing and Creation (OLPEC) and spokesperson for the National Council for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT), was detained on 26 June at Tunis airport upon her return from France. Her arrest follows a 17 June appearance on Al Mustaquilla television, during which she raised the issue of corruption in Tunisia, reports RSF. Bensedrine is charged with "undermining the authority of the judiciary" and "spreading false information with the aim of undermining public authority," says CPJ.

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EXHORTAN A UE A EXIGIR AVANCES EN DERECHOS HUMANOS

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L?UNION EUROPÉENNE D?EXIGER DES PROGRÈS EN MATIÈRE DE DROITS DE LA PERSONNE

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NINE ORGANISATIONS URGE EU TO DEMAND HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS

Nine international human rights organisations, including IFEX members Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and Human Rights Watch (HRW), have written to European Union (EU) authorities, urging them to press for human rights improvements in Tunisia and to put in place mechanisms to monitor the situation. Other signatories of the 29 March open letter include Amnesty International, Avocats sans Frontières, Euro-Med Human Rights Network, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, International Service for Human Rights, Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, and the World Organization Against Torture.

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DELEGACIÓN DE RSF EXPULSADA, ESCALADA DE AGRESIONES CONTRA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA

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ESCALADE DES ATTAQUES CONTRE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE

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RSF DELEGATION EXPELLED, ATTACKS ON PRESS FREEDOM ESCALATE

Attacks on press freedom in Tunisia are growing increasingly serious, according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ). In the most recent incident on 21 February, four RSF representatives were roughed up by Tunisian police after trying to distribute copies of the banned monthly "Kaws el Karama". Two members of the delegation, including RSF secretary general Robert Ménard, were subsequently thrown out of the country.

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NUEVO INFORME ESBOZA SOMBRÍO ESTADO DE LIBERTAD DE PRENSA