Tunisia - Amid violence and fundamentalist pressure, hopes fade for new media laws

Reporters without borders

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Although promulgated more than six months ago, decree-law 115-2011 on the print media and decree-law 116-2012 on the broadcast media are still not being implemented despite repeated calls from civil society organizations, the National Authority for Information and Communication Reform (INRIC), the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) and NGOs that defend freedom of information, including Reporters Without Borders. The government, which has expressed a desire to (...)

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