At least 15 journalists attacked by police

At least 15 journalists were attacked by police while covering three days of demonstrations in the capital that began on 5 May. Making no attempt to distinguish between protesters and media personnel, the police roughed up reporters, carried out arrests and confiscated or smashed equipment. The Union of Journalists said the victims included: - Mohamed El-Hammi of the European Photo Agency - Hassan Dridi of the Associated Press - Hamza Elaouini of the TV news agency - Lofti Hajji, Mohamed Amin Ben Nejma and Anass Ben Salah of Al-Jazeera - Chaffya Ibrahim of the Arabic-language newspaper Echourouk - Houssem Hamed of the privately-owned Tunisian radio station Chems FM - Nizar Elhajbi of the French-language daily La Presse - Ahmed Elfouli and Monia Abdallah of Hannibal TV - Massoud Kawach of the Arabic-language newspaper El-Sahafa