January 2018
Massinissa Benlakehal: Tunisia’s protests marking revolution anniversary turn violent, Al Araby, January, 14, 2018:
“Small skirmishes between protesters and police erupted in Tunis on Sunday, as a demonstration was held to mark the seventh anniversary of the country’s revolution.”
Concerns grow for journalists following a third detention
The NAFCC one again expresses its deep concerns over the growing pressure on foreign journalists working in Tunis and condemns the arrest of two journalists.
The latest incident happened on Monday, 15th January, when Nacer Talel, videographer for Anadolu Agency and his photographer colleague Enes Canli, were covering the Football Club Esperance’s 99th anniversary in the Bab Souika district of Tunis. Both journalists are fully accredited with the Tunisian authorities and Nacer Talel also holds a filming license issued by the communication services of the government presidency press office.
Read MoreNAFCC condemns the detention of a foreign correspondent in Tunis
The NAFCC expresses its concern at the growing pressure faced by foreign journalists working in Tunisia.
In the latest incident on Sunday, January, 14th, Michel Picard, the french correspondent of RFI, who was covering the visit of the tunisian president Beiji Caïd Essebsi in Ettadhamen, west of Tunis, was briefely detained while reporting.
Read MoreThe NAFCC deplores the convening of a foreign correspondent
December 2017
Ricard Gonzales: Egipto ejecuta a 15 hombres por ataques en el Sinaí, El Pais, December 27, 2017:
“El Ministerio del Interior de Egipto ejecutó este martes a 15 hombres acusados de pertenecer a un grupo terrorista y de llevar a cabo atentados contra las fuerzas de seguridad en la península del Sinaí, según ha informado la agencia de noticias Reuters. Esta es la cifra más elevada de personas ajusticiadas en un solo día desde que el mariscal Abdelfattá Al Sisi accediera a la presidencia del populoso país árabe en verano de 2014.”
Read MoreTribute to Farida Ayari
It was with immense sadness that we learned of the passing of our sister journalist and former Vice President of the North Africa Foreign Correspondents Club, (NAFCC). Farida’s talent and energy fuelled a career that spanned some 40 years; she is remembered for her rigorous professionalism, for being an intransigent free spirit and having a wonderful sense of humour. Until the end she embodied a specific idea of journalism, fiercely independent and and one who eschewed plaudits and honours.
Read MoreNew board
Minutes of the General Assembly of December 8, 2017
The General Assembly of NAFCC took place on 8 December 2017 to elect a new Bureau.
Were elected:
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Caroline Perrot 17 votes, 1 abstention
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Javier Martin 17 votes, 1 abstention
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Martin Gehlen 17 votes, 1 abstention
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Simon Kremer 17 votes, 1 abstention
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Maryline Dumas 17 votes, 1 abstention
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Aleksei Merkulov 17 votes, 1 abstention
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Frederic Bobin 17 votes, 1 abstention
The Bureau then proceeded of the election of :
– Frédéric Bobin, Président
– Maryline Dumas, Vice-Présidente
– Aleksei Merkulov, Secretary General
– Simon Kremer, Treasurer
November 2017
Carlotta Gall: “I Could Not Forget What Happened to Me That Night With Him”, The New York Times, November 3, 2017:
“The Facebook post, coming shortly after the terrorist attack by Islamist extremists at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in November 2015, fell like a bombshell in the febrile atmosphere in France.
Henda Ayari, a French citizen of North African parentage, posted two photographs of herself — one in a full black Islamic veil, the other in a tight jacket and T-shirt, bareheaded — and wrote a bitter denunciation of Salafism and its encouragement of violent jihad among young French Muslims.”
Tribute to Yasmine Ryan
It is with immense sadness and profound pain that we have learned about the loss of our colleague, Yasmine Ryan.
Read MoreOctober 2017
Carlotta Gall: 2 Frenchwomen Accuse Prominent Islamic Scholar of Sexual Assault, The New York Times, October 29, 2017:
“Amid a recent outpouring by Frenchwomen reporting episodes of sexual harassment and naming their aggressors, two women have accused a renowned Islamic scholar of violent sexual attacks.
The French activist and author Henda Ayari filed a police complaint 10 days ago accusing the Swiss-born Islamic scholar, Tariq Ramadan, of sexually assaulting her in 2012.”