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IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group
Campaigns and Advocacy
27 January 2012
Joint action - Tunisia
IFEX-TMG delegation meets members of the Constituent Assembly
The delegation reaffirmed the necessity to enshrine the right to freedom of expression in the future constitution, to guarantee press freedom and the independence of public service media.
16 January 2012
Joint action - Tunisia
IFEX-TMG calls for recent public media appointments to be revoked and for journalists' protection
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.
16 January 2012
Tunisia
On the first anniversary of the revolution, RSF writes an open letter to the authorities
While some progress has been made as regards drafting legislation and creating new media, RSF is concerned to see an increase in pressure on journalists and media.
From the Communiqué
21 December 2011
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.
26 October 2011
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.
CASE STUDY – The IFEX-Tunisia Monitoring Group
IFEX's advocacy work in Tunisia has been the most successful and most sustained campaigning project undertaken by IFEX members in collaboration - largely due to the longevity of IFEX's Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) - which is now made up of 21 IFEX members who have been working together since 2004 to bring attention to the free expression situation in the country. Read more about how IFEX-TMG works and what has made it a success story (2009).
IFEX Tunisia Country Page
Alerts
Director charged for broadcasting "Persepolis"; journalists assaulted For broadcasting the film, Nabil Karoui faces up to three years in prison for libeling a religion, and up to five years for distributing or displaying information "that can harm public order or good morals."26 January 2012
Media independence crucial to democratic transition, says ARTICLE 19 The announcement made by Interim Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali to appoint editors-in-chief and managing directors of media goes against international obligations of the Tunisian Government to provide for media independence.
11 January 2012
Fundamentalists disrupting college campuses Demonstrators who are demanding imposition of their own interpretation of Islam in the curriculum and in campus life have interrupted classes, prevented students from taking exams, confined deans in their offices, and intimidated women professors.
13 December 2011
IFEX-TMG Reports
Scars of oppression run deep in the country's media
IFEX-TMG report calls for free and independent media and a strong, democratic and open civil society.
16 June 2011 Obstructions to an independent judiciary hamper human rights, says IFEX-TMG Following a recent mission, members of the TMG concluded in their new report that Tunisia needs a truly independent judiciary to reverse its worsening record on human rights and treatment of prisoners of opinion.
7 June 2010 Freedom of Expression in Tunisia: The Siege Holds
1 April 2007
Deception and Lies: Freedom of Expression in Tunisia Remains under Siege Six Months After the WSIS
1 May 2006
Freedom of Expression in Tunisia: The Siege Intensifies
1 September 2005
Tunisia: Freedom of Expression under Siege
1 February 2005
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