Twitter
Facebook
Email Lists
Donate
voices and in the grip of remnants of the deposed regime," said Fahem Boukadous,
the last journalist to be released from prison there.
In Egypt, the
Committee to Protect Journalists
Attacks on the Press
| Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia
a photographer was killed covering the unrest. The release of veteran journalist Fahem Boukadous after several months in prison was welcome news for a press corps
The doses of freedom that the Tunisian revolution injected into national media have not been sufficient to revive it after decades of systematic destruction. It is not surprising that our evaluation of media one year after the tyrant fell reveals more negativity and pessimism....
status.
The government's hard-line tactics were reflected in the imprisonment of Fahem Boukadous, correspondent for the satellite-television station Al-Hiwar Al-Tunisi. Authorities jailed
Radio Kalima, was also
freed. His liberation was followed by that of Fahem Boukadous, a correspondent
for the satellite television station Al-Hiwar al-Tunisi. Boukadous
is truly a glorious day. Tunisian
authorities released the ailing imprisoned journalist Fahem Boukadous,
a day after CPJ called on
the transitional government to honor its
New York, January 18, 2011--Tunisia's transitional government
should immediately release Fahem Boukadous, a television reporter imprisoned
last year in reprisal for his work, the
other journalist is believed to remain in custody,
according to CPJ research. Fahem Boukadous, a correspondent for the satellite
television station Al-Hiwar al-Tunisi and
and among international human rights activists.
^ Show all country summaries
Tunisia: 1
Fahem Boukadous, Al-Hiwar al-Tunisi
Imprisoned: July 12, 2010
Boukadous was arrested after
Reports
| Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
had exerted political influence in a local tax case. Tunisian television journalist Fahem Boukadous is being held on charges of “harming public order” in
