Reporters Without Borders
Journalists beaten by police in central Tunis
“The police violence against journalists in the past two days is like a bad memory, ” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard said. “It is as if the old methods were back just four months after President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s fall.
2011-05-10
Media continue to be targets as governments crack down on protests
As more and more people take to the streets in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen to demand democratic reforms and change, the authorities in these countries are responding with violence and are cracking down on the journalists who try to cover these protests.
2011-02-25
Reporters Without Borders in Tunisia: A new freedom that needs protecting
Reporters Without Borders visited Tunisia from 2 to 4 February to evaluate the situation of the media two weeks after the fall of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, to analyze their needs and to determine what contribution it could make during this transition period.
2011-02-10
Wave of arrests of bloggers and activists
Reporters Without Borders condemned the arrests and disappearances yesterday of bloggers and online activists across a number of Tunisian cities. The worldwide press freedom organization has monitored at least five such cases but the list could well be longer.
2011-01-07