Independent NGOs: what is happening in the Journalists’s Union is a planned coup

The Independent NGOs' network considered the new development in the Journalists’s Union a coup against a legitimate and democratically elected board planned for non-professional purposes. The Network asserted in a communiqué that this coup was confirmed by the unjustified urgency by the pro-government members to hold an extraordinary congress.
These NGOs called for the respect of the Union’s internal regulations and for preparing fairly the upcoming congress and to preserve the Union credibility, the legitimacy of its activities and its representativeness of all journalists. The associations expressed their support to the Executive board in its adherence to the legitimacy of its resolutions and its defence of the Union’s independence and freedom of press and expression. This communiqué was signed by the following associations : the Tunisian League for the Human Rights Defence (LTDH) , the Tunisian Association of Democrat Women (ATFD), the Tunisian Women Association for Research on development(AFTURD), and the National Council for Freedoms in Tunisia (CNLT).