The North Africa Journal: Tag: fahem


Tunisian Journalist Must Be Freed
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The North Africa Journal on 24 April, 2010 06:32:00
 
North Africa is facing a dangerous period for press freedom and objective
reporting. Governments continue or have recently launched fresh attacks against
journalists who report their observations of the facts on the ground based on
their independent views. From Morocco's crackdown on any discussion over the
Western Sahara conflict to Tunisia's sustained harassment of reporters, there is
no shortage of bad news from the region. Newspapers are punished for having a
different view, and reporters jailed without a serious due process.

Fahem Boukadous Interviewed by Reporters Without Borders
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The North Africa Journal on 26 April, 2010 04:53:00
 
Below is a video interview released by Reporters without Borders of jailed
Tunisian journalist Fahem Boukadous.  Boukadous simply reported about the
protests against unemployment and other grievances in a mining region of Gafsa
province in 2008.  New York-based Human Rights Watch says Fahem Boukadous and
Hassan bin Abdullah were convicted after unfair trials in which the defense was
not allowed to present witnesses. Their appeals are scheduled for April 27,
2010.