Tunisian graffiti artist Elektro Jaye was recently censored at the Tunis Pintemps des Arts (Spring of Arts), a modern contemporary art fair...
Graffiti artist claims censorship at Tunis Arts Spring
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Tunisian journalist Ramzi Bettaieb on hunger strike
Nawaat journalist and activist Ramzi Bettaib (aka "Winston Smith") has now entered his fifth day on hunger strike. Bettaieb is protesting against...
New Arab Debates suspend activities in Tunisia
On 31 May, the New Arab Debates (NAD), a political discussion forum which takes place in MENA region countries, decided to suspend all of its...
Headquarters of Tunisian TV channel vandalised
The Manouba-based headquarters of privately Tunisian owned TV network, Elhiwar Ettounsi (Tunisian Dialogue), were attacked early Sunday morning....
Verdict postponed in case of Tunisia Muhammad cartoon
Monastir Appeal Court has once again postponed issuing a verdict in the case of Jabeur Mejri. On 28 March, a primary court sentenced Mejri along...
Tunisia: Hardline Islamists assault dramatist
On 24 May, artist and dramatist Rjab Magri was assaulted by four people in El Kef (North West of Tunisia). The assaults occurred few meters outside...
Tunisia: Anonymous political cartoonist under fire
Anonymous renowned Tunisian caricaturist _Z_ is under fire. His bold caricaturist style, no stranger to his fans, has landed him in trouble. For...
Atheists appeal Mohammed cartoon conviction
On 28 May Monatir Appeal Court is expected to issue a verdict in the case of two atheist friends Jabeur Mejri and Ghazi Beji. In March a primary...
Political cartoons flourishing
Dictators do not like to be ridiculed. They fear bold political cartoonists. Ousted Tunisian President Zeine el-Abidin Ben Ali made sure that the...
Al-Oula newspaper boss ends hunger strike
Nebil Jridet, General Director of the Arabic-language weekly newspaper Al-Oula has ended his hunger strike. Jridet spent seven days on hunger strike...
Tunisia: newspaper director on hunger strike in protest at government
Nebil Jridet, General Director of the Arabic-language weekly newspaper Al-Oula, has entered his sixth day of hunger strike in protest against the...
Attacks against Tunisian journalists on the rise
In its annual report published on World Press Freedom Day (3 May), the National Syndicate for Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) announced that it had...