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Naziha Rejiba, editor of the
Tunisian online publication Kalima and a 2009 International Press Freedom
Awardee, helped us launch the new edition of Attacks on the Press at a press conference today in
Rejiba offered a biting description of the harassment she and her Tunisian colleagues face. "They don't kill us physically ... but they assassinate our characters," Rejiba said, noting that Tunisian state media are regularly used to smear government critics. She urged Tunisian journalists and their Arab counterparts not to be co-opted into taking part in such character assassinations.
She also noted the government’s efforts to deter potential
advertisers and investors from doing business with independent media, and, more
directly, its detention and harassment of critical journalists and their
families. "They kill us economically. ... They starve us by depriving us
of our
About 20 Egyptian, regional, and
international journalists attended today’s press conference, asking CPJ Middle East representative Kamel Labidi and me a
number of tough, thoughtful questions. We plan to come back to the region next
year to launch the next edition of CPJ's annual survey.
(Reporting from Cairo)
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