Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
The POMED Wire


Tunisia: One Journalist Released, Another One Beaten

April 28th, 2010 by Josh

Coming on the heels of Rasha Moumneh’s Foreign Policy article decrying the human rights situation in Tunisia, Reuters is reporting that the Tunisian government has released journalist Taoufik Ben Brik after a six-month stint in prison on charges described by Reporters Without Borders as “made up from start to finish.”

Just prior to Brik’s release, however, human rights activist and online journalist Zouhaïer Makhlouf received a “severe beating” from police officers who arrested him at his home. Makhlouf had previously served 3 months in prison after being convicted for publishing an online video about an industrial area without obtaining an official permit or the consent of the people he filmed.


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