Tunisia - Need to defuse tension after violent attacks on journalists by police

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the many direct physical attacks by police on journalists that took place when the media were filming their use of violence and tear-gas to disperse a demonstration organized by the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) in Tunis on 25 February. “The way the police insulted journalists and the brutality with which they dealt with some of them signals a clear return to the use of police violence against the media,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The (...)

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