Tunsia-Journalists wear red armbands, as of today, to defend their rights

As of today, Monday, November 23, 2020, journalists will be wearing the red armband until Thursday of the same month which has been pronounced “a day of anger, signalled by sit-ins in  Kasbah, and in various regions from 11 am, which will be followed by a gathering at the headquarters of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) ”.

The SNJT likewise announced a general strike in the media sector on Thursday, December 10, which corresponds to the celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “in objection against the administration delaying policy, towards the legitimate rights of journalists ”.

The SNJT calls on journalists “to mobilize to protect their rights and to participate massively in these demonstration actions to object against the non-publication of the framework convention despite the decision of the administrative court to publish it urgently.