Tunisia - Journalists demonstrate against last week's police violence

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the police violence to which at least 15 journalists were subjected while covering the three days of demonstrations in the capital that began on 5 May. Making no attempt to distinguish between protesters and media personnel, the police roughed up reporters, carried out arrests and confiscated or smashed equipment. “The use violence against journalists by the police in recent days is like a bad memory,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general (...)

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