The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today condemned the beating of a Tunisian journalist, allegedly by police, and the arrest of another, and called on the Tunisian authorities to abandon their campaign of intimidation against the independent press.More
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Press Freedom Groups Call for Immediate Cease of Blockade of Tunisian Radio Kalima
30 January 2009
The independent Radio Kalima in Tunisia is under siege since 27 January, and has seen one of its journalists abducted and several of its collaborators harassed by plainclothes policemen since they surrounded the station offices on Tuesday. The members of the IFEX-Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 18 member organisations of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) network, condemn the siege and call on the Tunisian authorities to immediately launch an investigation into the abduction and the harassment of the station's staff and contributors. More