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FRANCE 24 report: Tunisian authorities ramp up media crackdown ahead of vote
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9/11/2024
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00:00
Outside the elections authority, journalists demonstrate their support for their colleague
00:06
Khawla Boukri.
00:08
The authority revoked her accreditation to cover the election, accusing the journalist
00:12
of lack of objectivity.
00:21
We have to continue to cover what's happening during this election despite the intimidation.
00:26
The prosecution of sub-presidential candidates, their obstacles to registering as candidates,
00:31
the ignored decision of the administrative court on this issue.
00:35
Even if they take away our accreditation, we will continue to cover all this.
00:46
The journalists' union said it will file a lawsuit against the elections authority
00:50
because a dozen other journalists have faced intimidation during this pre-election period.
00:55
The authority did not respond to our requests for an interview for this report.
01:00
In this atmosphere, journalists are limiting their reporting to basic facts.
01:04
That's the case at Reshma, an online media founded seven months ago.
01:14
This journalist is recording a segment about young people and politics.
01:19
The goal is to demonstrate that there has been a problem since 2011.
01:23
The participation is low, so we present figures and I try to analyze the figures.
01:31
Reshma's founder, independent journalist Thamer Mekki, advocates explanatory and fact-based
01:35
journalism.
01:37
The last 15 years has been fertile ground for disinformation and for media instrumentalizing
01:43
politics.
01:45
So there's a real crisis of confidence in mainstream media.
01:49
We're trying to make up for that, to overcome it while recognizing it.
01:55
Several journalists have been jailed in recent years amid an increasingly controlled media
01:59
sphere.
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