Tawfiq Ben Brik and Fahem Boukaddous

Original Report

Since last summer numerous journalists have been imprisoned, censored and harassed. Tawfiq Ben Brick was condemned to six months for assault in November 2009 where he was framed for his outspoken criticism of the government. His colleague Zoheir Makhlouf was jailed for four months and fined 3000€ for posting a report on the Internet about environmental, economic and social problems in an industrial district.


Fahem Boukaddous, correspondent for the satellite channel ‘Tunisian Dialogue’ received four years in prison for reporting on demonstrations in Gafsa in 2008. His appeal against the sentence is to be heard on the 23rd February 2010.

Source: IFJ

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