2020-10-20 | By middleeastmonitor | 98 Hits
Journalists and activists protested on Tuesday outside Tunisia8217s parliament against a proposed law to shake up the media sector by removing a requirement for television and radio stations to have official licences The bill8217s supporters include the moderate Islamist Ennahda party and the media mogul Nabil Karoui whose own unlicensed Nessma television station played a big role in his campaign for president last year However about 300 protesters at Tuesday8217s demonstration said that relaxing licensing rules for media channels risks
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