Since the Tunisian president issued a number of exceptional decisions last July 25, including freezing the Parliament, lifting immunity of MPs, and many others; violations against the freedom of opinion and expression have been on the rise, where former officials, MPs, judges, human rights defenders, and media organisations have been targeted by the Tunisian authorities.
I’m September only, 12 journalists have been attacked, compared to August with 15 attacks, and 48 attacks in July, according to the Tunisian Journalists Syndicate.
The attacks affected 19 victims, included 16 men and 3 women, with 8 male and female journalists, 4 photojournalists, 3 commentators, 3 presenters and one escort.
Victims of journalists and photojournalists work for 11 media organisations, including 6 TV channels, 4 radio stations and a website, including 9 private institutions, 2 official public institutions, and 8 foreign institutions.
Victims worked on 4 political topics, 2 social topics, 2 economic topics, and one topic for each of the sports, judicial, legal and anti-corruption issues.
