Tunisia
Television reporter in hidingPosted Dec 17 2008
Reporter Fahem Boukadous is wanted by authorities on charges of belonging to a criminal organization and spreading reports liable to disrupt public order, according to Reporters Without Borders. The charges stem from his coverage of protests in the Gafsa mining region for the independent Tunisian television station Al-Hiwar Attounsi and his help in putting foreign news media in contact with the region's labor leaders. Boukadous has been in hiding since July 5.
Boukadous was the first television reporter to cover the unrest and demonstrations in the phosphate mining area. His footage was used by leading pan-Arab news media and was posted on video-sharing Web sites such as YouTube, which is censored in Tunisia.