SNJT Report on Press Freedom in Tunisia: Tunisian journalists would they be the worst enemies of their profession?
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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Celebration, 3 May, World Day of Press Freedom, and weeks followed it, were once again the opportunity for our media landscape show eloquently the extent of the evil that eats away for decades.
a message that does not lack humor. Relayed by all the so-called "press" our president " please, [...] to address [its] warmest congratulations and [its] best wishes to the officers of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) and the Association of Newspaper Editors (ATDJ) and all family members of the press . Expressing his " account for their commendable efforts to dedicate a credible and authentic information "
always considered freedom of expression as a fundamental right of human rights, and granted to the sector of information and communication attention support and encouragement it deserves .
" the president, members of the executive board SNJT , led by their president, Bghouri, made the choice in their " annual report on Freedom press in Tunisia "to see the status of" achievements "in the area instead of just the list ....
attention, support and encouragement " the situation does not lend itself to bragging presidential runs. An approach which would nevertheless constructive:
Our review of the media landscape does not purport to be exhaustive, but we hope it gives a idea close and objective reality. Also, the emphasis of this report, like his previous, the disadvantages, shortcomings and deficiencies that we recently recorded in the sector is driven by our desire to avoid and overcome them to raise and develop our information . "
The 2009 ranking of the organization Freedom House , published on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day the press is no exception. Tunisia is ranked 176th globally and 14th at the North Africa Middle East.
barrier" activity in another register or the treatment of certain information by the national media:
national media and especially the state of them continue to ignore the activities of several organizations of civil society and political parties by opting for a selective treatment Information based on national and regional political considerations. "
The selective treatment oriented and misleading most of the event logs of the coalfield, and social protest movement trials that followed, coupled with other events such as strikes, actions and the sit-in agents Tunisian radio and television, to leave the field open to foreign media to present these events according to their guidelines. .
" to their taste.
the Tunisian Association of Newspaper Editors was there to avenge the insult by publishing, in turn, its first annual report which, according to its president Hedi Mechri (it can not be invented! ), " provides an analysis of key developments in the media sector .
analysis " promised by Mr. Mechri was, ultimately, proved to be a review of all the incentives, measures and incentives determined by the Head of State the benefit of the profession as well as highlighting the unconditional support of the " President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to news organizations and journalists, and the promotion of freedom of opinion and expression the framework of democratic principles and values of honesty and credibility. . It says, as he recalls, in " item 21 of the Presidential Program for Tomorrow's Tunisia 2004/2009.
support for the party press and opinion ", " widening spaces for dialogue "," driven by private initiative, in the press sector "and" improving working conditions for journalists "are the topics of most concern to the journalists' union who believes For its part, very little was done to achieve these "goals presidential . The ingratitude of our journalists is really a bad thing!
inconceivable to overshadow the progress that has been accomplished in the field of information in Tunisia "asserting that the promotion of information" is a concern shared between journalists and power "do not forget to review the initiatives of the Head of State to promote conditions of professionals! What we should not do to much to be seen as "power !
the executive decides to put some order in what amounts to a mutiny staged by the palace of Carthage and infiltrated the union.
violation of ethics "under Article 11 of the Rules of Procedure.
presented as a subject of controversy recalling its alleged lack of "objectivity .
the report of the pseudo ATDJ or by a dishonest process, the report of the Liberties Committee by passing true for the union report. TunisiaIT.com , a newcomer on the market for food journalism same headline " SNJT made its report on press freedom in Tunisia . !
Observatory Tunisian trade union rights and freedoms us that the house of Al-Anwar press that happen soon under the control of Belhassen Trabelsi, pressured some of its unionized journalists to sign this petition. Pressures also reported in other newsrooms.
in a statement released May 11 the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned the campaign by the authorities against the executive SNJT, which they believe is a " further evidence of the absence of political tolerance and enmity towards the defenders of freedom of expression and human rights. "by providing support to the position of SNJT and" right to publish independent reports .
sent a message to President Ben Ali , to express his " serious concern about the measures taken by [his] government to undermine the independence of SNJT and interfere in its internal affairs .
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