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Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik sentenced to six months in prison

Tunisian courts sentenced government critic Taoufik Ben Brik to six months in prison on Thursday for assaulting a woman in public, on charges that have been widely derided by free press and human rights group as baseless and politicized. Ben Brik was arrested on 29 October 2009 after a woman filed a complaint following a […]

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One Tunisian journalist kidnapped and beaten in brutal assault, another arrested, as president Ben Ali’s fifth term begins with yet more blows to press freedom

The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the kidnapping and beating of journalist Slim Boukhdhir on Wednesday night in Tunis and the arrest on Thursday morning of renowned journalist and government critic Taoufik Ben Brik. Ben Brik had previously endured detentions and been prevented from travelling out of Tunisia. He was arrested for allegedly attacking […]

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“They cannot control the sky,” defiant Kalima Editor-in-Chief Sihem Bensadrine tells IPI

The IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), of which IPI is a member, on 29 January deplored the aggressive interference by police with the Tunis-based offices of Radio Kalima, an independent media outlet in Tunisia that runs an online news site and web-based radio station. Editor-in-Chief Sihem Bensadrine, who is also the founder of the Conseil […]

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IPI condemns French journalist’s stabbing in Tunisia, concerned for media’s safety at WSIS meeting

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, strongly condemns the violent attack on French journalist Christophe Boltanski that occurred in the capital city Tunis on the evening of 11 November. The attack occurred just days before the United Nations sponsored World Summit on […]

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