Tunisia - Over-eager court violates procedure to order TV chief's detention

Reporters without borders

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by the procedural violations that occurred when a Tunis criminal court last week ordered the detention of Sami Fehri, the head of the new privately-owned TV station Attounissia TV, and calls on the courts to give him a fair trial, free of political interference. Issued on 24 August, the detention order stems from allegations that state-owned Télévision Nationale suffered major financial losses as a result of improper implementation by (...)

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