Tunisia protest as police question journalists

TUNIS: Dozens of journalists protested on Monday in front of a Tunis police station after two of their colleagues had been taken for questioning over comments on Tunisia´s security forces, AFP correspondents said.

Columnist Haythem El Mekki and presenter Elyes Gharbi were interrogated for several hours, after which their case has been transferred to the Tunis prosecutor´s office, their lawyer Ayoub Ghdamssi told AFP.

The pair on May 15 discussed shortcomings in police recruitment on Gharbi´s programme on the private Mosaique FM radio, in the wake of a deadly mass shooting near a synagogue on Djerba island less than a week prior. The segment was subject to a complaint by Tunisia´s police union, arguing the discussion had harmed law enforcement officers.