Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition
Jun 19, 2023
Tunis [Tunisia], June 19: Radio and TV programmes in Tunisia have been banned from reporting on the cases ofprominent opposition figures accused of conspiring against state security, further deepening Tunisia's authoritarian shift under President Kais Saied.
A judge made the decision on Saturday, according to the official news agency TAP.
"The investigating judge of office 36 of the anti-terrorism branch issued a decision banning media coverage of the two cases of conspiring against state security," court spokesperson Hanan el-Qadas told TAP.
El-Qadas said the ban concerns just "audio-visual media" and was ordered in place to protect the privacy of the figures involved in the cases.
Source: Qatar Tribune
