A Tunisian court today released Nasreddine Ben Saida, general director of the Arabic-language daily Attounissia, who was arrested on 15 February...
Tunisia: Newspaper executive Nasreddine Ben Saida released
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Afef Abrougui
Afef Abrougui
Tunisian blogger tells of assault by police
In a period of less than three months, Zakaria Bouguira, a Tunisian blogger and medical student, has been assaulted twice by police. The first time...
Tunisia: Court rules against web filtering in key test of new freedoms
On 22 February the Cassation Court of Tunis (Tunisia's highest court of appeal) overturned a verdict ordering Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) to...
Tunisia: Provocative shot of Real Madrid’s Sami Khedira and naked girlfriend lands media executive in prison
Nasreddine Ben Saida, the general director of the Arabic-language daily newspaper Attounissia, has become the first media executive to be jailed in...
Samir Feriani trial delayed
On 16 February a court postponed the trial of Samir Feriani to 1 March. Ferani is charged with “distributing false information”, and “accusing...
Tunisia: Journalist accused of filming Nessma TV trial faces fine
On Sunday, 13 February, the Tunis court of first instance ordered Cheker Besbes, a journalist for the private radio station Mosaique FM, to pay a...
Abdel Aziz-Al-Jaridi faces prison time for defaming Al-Jazeera anchor
On 10 February, Abdel Aziz Al-Jaridi, director of two daily newspapers, Al-Hadath and Kul-Anas, will appeal a defamation conviction. Al-Jaridi was...
Blocking porn marks key test of net freedom in Tunisia
The fall of the regime of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali has allowed internet users in Tunisia to enjoy a period of unfettered web access after the...
“The internet is freedom”: Index speaks to Tunisian Internet Agency chief
The Tunisian Internet Agency was the Ben Ali regime’s instrument for censoring the web. Now, as it attempts to break ties with the past,
Afef Abrougui talks to its CEO about the online challenges facing Tunisia
“The internet is freedom”: Index speaks to Tunisian Internet Agency chief
The regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was an enemy to internet freedom. Significant resources were spent on censorship of the web. The Tunisian...
Tunisians defend free media on 1 February
On 1 February Tunisian journalists raised the slogan ‘’no to assaults against journalists, no to restrictions on freedoms of expression, and no to...
Tunisian journalist faces sack for Ennahdha critcism
Popular Tunisian journalist Haythem El Mekki, is under enormous pressure to resign from national television after been accused of bias. Mekki has...