The monitoring unit of the National Syndicate of the Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) issued its report for November 2018 on the violations subjected on the press of freedom. The unit recorded 15 cases of assault.
The attacks targeted 16 journalists (11 men and 5 women)working in 5 television channels, 3 radio stations, 3 newspapers, a news agency and a website, as well as, five media institutions.
work of Decree 115.
The report highlighted that the official parties were responsible for 7 cases of assault on journalists, where the public officials’ deputies and workers were responsible for two attacks, while the security officers were responsible for only one attack. On the other hand, the unofficial parties were responsible for 8 cases of assault on the journalists, while some citizens were responsible for three cases of attacks in addition to the recording of one assault by the trade unionists and some politicians, each one of them.
Moreover, the sports associations’ fans, sports associations’ officials and other individuals were also responsible for a one assault each one of them.
work of Decree 115 (a decree on the freedom of press, printing and publishing) and to speed up the prosecution of the journalists’ files to punish the violators, as soon as possible.
work of the freedom of work, which is guaranteed by law.
The syndicate asked the Prime Minister for the acceleration in the investigation of these files carried out by its agents and employees against the journalists in various regions of the republic and asked to receive the final results.
The National Syndicate stressed the need for the different parties, politicians, citizens and trade unionists to understand the nature of the press work and respect the independence of media institutions and to not violate the freedom of the press.
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