Letter Andrew Kennedy (Campaigns and Communications Officer International Federation of Journalists) for Right to freedom of information for Tunisian Journalists - 09/10/2013

Thank you for your concern regarding the social and professional rights of Tunisian journalists.

The IFJ is continuously supporting Tunisian journalists, their union and their right to work freely without threats and intimidation.

Please see the statement we issued on 13 September demanding the immediate release of Tunisian journalist Zied El Hani http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-calls-for-immediate-release-of-tunisian-journalist

And the statement we issued on Friday, 7 October, giving our full backing to journalists at Tunisian Radio Station Radio Kalima and calling on the stations' management to pay their salaries and support the journalists' right to have fair contracts: http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-calls-for-management-of-tunisian-radio-station-to-pay-staff-wages

We continue to work closely with our member union in Tunisia, the Syndicat national des journalistes tunisiens (SNJT), in monitoring developments in the case of Ettounsiya Sami Fehri.

Regards,

Andrew Kennedy

Campaigns and Communications Officer

International Federation of Journalists

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From: mariacarmelaribecco@libero.it [mailto:mariacarmelaribecco@libero.it]

Sent: lundi 7 octobre 2013 22:16

To: Administration IFJ

Subject: Right to freedom of information for Tunisian Journalists

Dear International Federation of Journalists,

We would like to take the opportunity to call your attention to on right to freedom of information for Tunisian Journalists.

The Tunisia must give voice to his people. The freedom of information is a right. We read about journalists censored and threatened.

We are concerned about the arrest and the hunger strike of TV producer and director of television Ettounsiya Sami Fehri.

We are asking a strong diplomatic pressure for protect the job of journalists.

A free journalist allows the change and growth of a nation.

In awaiting your reply, be assured of our most respectful sentiments.

Mariacarmela Ribecco (Italy), Marcos Zacariades (Brazil), Louis Richard (Canada), Maria Luisa Crosina (Italy), Maria Sophia Quine (UK), Diana Nardella (Italy), Shahriar Imam (Italy), Isabel Costa (Spain), Siyamack Sohrabmanesh (Italy), Milesi Gherardo (Germany), Anita Hunt (UK), Elena Gennaro (Italy), Maribel Lafuente (Spain), Anette Meyer (Sweden), Uli Vsanden (Germany), Mohssen M (Iran), Cordula Giewald (Germany), Gunn Vigdis Værnes (Norway), Vasudeva Nayak (Germany), Iver Neumann (Norway), Amy Poll (Netherlands), Dianne Wells (USA), Mona Bentzen (Norway), Elisabeth Millet (France), Khadija Chaouachi (Tunisia), Steinar Strandheim (Sweden), Ali Soho (Philippines), Wynn M Chapman (France), Attika Toumi (France), Sherry Breznicki (USA), Teresa Masia Perales (France), Joanna Kozanecka (Poland), Arati Ganguly (India), Jaya Chakraborty (India), Indranil Chakraborty (India), Peter Walther (Germany), Ahmed Semine (Canada), Cécile Bourreau (France), Jonathon Tingey (Canada), P. Winston Fettner (USA), Isabella Summers (Australia), Sue Fellows (UK), Thaddeus Hutyra (Belgium), Nona Simons (USA), Carole Vila (USA), Higari Kaga (USA), Sunny Bangar (India), Nasi Payghambarian (Sweden), Fátima Coutinho (Brazil), Natalia Lourenzo (Brazil), Saeed Khan Falahi (India), Jaya Chakraborty (India), Arati Ganguly (India), Sophie Caymaris (France), Randy Kling (USA), Lesley Dove (UK), Bruno Santos Ribeiro (Portugal), Maria Guia Alix (Spain), Angelito Roño (Philippines), Loredana Zecca Vinciguerra (USA), Terry White (Canada), Therese Rickman-Bull (USA), Steve Berry (Australia), Mouna Dhaoui (Tunisia), Massimiliano Zecca Vinciguerra (USA), Sunny Bangar (India), Eva De Vor (Netherlands), Charls Dixi (USA), Julie Harris (USA), Allen Dusablon (USA), Jean-Jacques Girard (France), Jaya Chakraborty (India), Jagmohan Singh (India), Arati Ganguly (India), Mansour Alomari (Turkey), Allen Dusablon (USA), Rune Moen (Norway), Joanna Laude (France), Christine Mikolaitis (France), Rinki Banerji (India), Sophie Caymaris (France), Solmaz Dezhparvar Derakhshan (Iran), John Burke (USA), Lesley Dove (UK), Bjarne Kim Pedersen (Denmark), Dale Williams (USA), Joanna Cove (UK), Peymaneh Shafi (USA), Shiva Nojo (Germany), Moni Kashef (USA), Thomas Ah Yee (USA), Samantha Cummings (UK), Paolo Merolla (Italy), Teus Kon (Netherlands), Elisabeth Scott (USA), Rbka Ruj (Canada), Kathleen White (Canada), Bonnie Newman (UK), Susanne Kayser-Schillegger (Marshall Islands), Bersabeh Bagheri (USA) and Sean Anderson (USA).