Unions of Tunisian imams lose their case against the Shams Association for the Defense of Homosexuals

The court of first instance of Tunis rejected on January 15^th  the request of the Trade Union Council of Iman (CSNI) to stop of the broadcast of the webradio Shams Rad, created in December 2016 by the association Shams, with the support from the Netherlands Embassy in Tunisia.
The CSNI also lodged a complaint against the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) in the same case, accusing it of having authorized the broadcast of the Shams Rad programs, a complaint that was also rejected.
The CNSI had indicated in the text of its complaint that the first article of theTunisian constitution reads that “Islam is the religion of the Tunisian state“, suggesting that homosexuality is prohibited by religion and moving this debate of society and individual freedoms to the field of religion.
Article taken from the website kapitalis.com http://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2018/02/16/tunisie-les-syndicats-des-imams-perdent-leur-proces-contre-shams/

Shams Rad is the first radio for the defense of homosexuals in the Muslim world: http://shams-tunisie.com

Ennahdha threatens journalists and the media

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces the decision of the Tunisian party Ennahdha to bring to justice journalists and media considered as “hostile”.
After the meeting of the Ennahdha party’s executive committee last Friday, February 9, 2018, the latter announced in a statement the following day that he would now prosecute all journalists and media that promote “discredit campaigns “. According to the statement, the Office of Legal Affairs, Information and Communication will be in charge of preparing the necessary files and procedures for possible legal proceedings.
“This decision is a serious threat to the freedom of the press, says RSF. Within weeks of an election, it is necessary to remind the Ennahdha party that journalists play a central role for the future of democracy and must to be able to exercise their information mission in complete independence without fear of prosecution “.
Tunisia is 97th in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index.

The Ennahdha Party, also known as Renaissance Party or simply Ennahdha, is a Conservative Muslim political party in Tunisia. It lost its first place with the 2014 elections, but since then, it participates to the Habib Essid government with one minister and 3 state secretaries. Since 2016, it qualifies itself as a democratic party.