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Tunis, 3 May 2008
World Press
Freedom Day
Bleak picture for
Tunisian media
The Observatory for the
Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation (OLPEC) is celebrating
World Press Freedom Day this year against the backdrop of a
worsening free expression situation in Tunisia.
In fact, despite intense
government rhetoric in its favour, free expression remains
strictly controlled and censorship is on the rise.
And while the Tunisian
Constitution guarantees freedom of expression, authorities seem
to have little difficulty getting around the law to violate this
right at every turn. The following are only a few illustrations: more......
Tunis, July 8,
2007
Omar Mestiri, editor of the
on-line journal Kalima has been summoned to appear in
court on August 2, 2007 on charges of defamation brought by
Mohamed Baccar under articles 42, 50, 53, 72 and 78 of the Press
Code.
The charges
arise from an
article (http://www.kalimatunisie.com/article.php?id=289
) published on September 5, 2006 in Kalima which gave
information about the surprising rehabilitation of Baccar, a
lawyer close to those in power, who was disbarred for having
been convicted on several counts of perjury and fraud .more......
Tunis,october 10th. 2006
Culture Ministry's review board
censors new play: "Corps-otages" (Khamsoun), a new play by
Jalila Baccar and Fadhel Jaibi, is censored in Tunisia
The Ministry of Culture's review board has announced the
censorship of playwright Jalila Baccar's new work,
"Corps-otages" ("Captive Bodies"), directed by Fadhel Jaibi.
After wavering for more than three months, the review board,
which is responsible for reviewing all theatrical releases in
the country, refused to issue the permit required for the play
to open. .
more...
Tunis,Februry 18th. 2006
Upsurge of assaults on the
freedom of the press
OLPEC is alerting the public about
burgeoning acts of censorship that are striking the Tunisian
and foreign press in Tunisia. Following the confiscation at
news kiosks of three Tunisian periodicals at the end of last
month, the following assaults took place: On February 7,
the authorities banned the circulation of number 257 of the
magazine "Al Maraa Al Youm", edited in Dubai. The cause for
that censorship seems to have been an article by the
weekly's editorialist,
more.....
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