Tunis: The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) monitoring unit recorded 24 attacks on journalists and photojournalists out of 28 cases reported to it, according to its May 2024 report.
There were 6 cases of criminal prosecution, 7 cases of incitement, 4 cases of arbitrary detention, 3 cases of harassment, 2 cases of prior censorship, 1 case of prevention of work and 1 case of physical assault, it said.
The victims of the attacks came from 14 media organisations, including 7 websites, 3 radio stations, 3 television stations and 1 news agency. These attacks took place 18 times in real space and 6 times in virtual space.
The attacks were carried out by judicial authorities in 7 cases, security officials in 7 cases and social media activists in 6 cases.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse