Media News - Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Tunisian journalists begin strike
Journalists and technicians have gone on strike at Tunisia's oldest newspaper publisher, claiming the new director is compromising the independence of its French-and Arabic-language publications. The strike on Tuesday was the first such action since January 2011, when Tunisia freed itself of autocratic ruler President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. On Wednesday, a strike at two state-run TV channels gets under way to protest against controversial nominations. The Dar Assabah group, which publishes Le Temps and Assabah, was once run by Sakher Materi, a son-in-law of Ben Ali, now living in exile. Its new director, Lotfi Touati, is a former director in the security services. A spokesperson for the Tunisian branch of the International Exchange for Freedom of Expression said “the fight for the freedom of the press starts at Dar Assabah”. (AFP)
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