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Tunisian Press Syndicate Criticizes Police Over Night Arrest

Reuters

   TUNIS - Tunisian police slapped and arrested a photojournalist working
   at night despite his having an authorization to be out after curfew,
   the national press syndicate said on Wednesday amid criticism of the
   security forces' handling of protests.

   Islem Hkiri, a freelance photographer, was charged with breaking curfew
   and assaulting a public servant.

   He had earlier published pictures of police using pepper spray during a
   recent surge of protests in Tunisia, a democracy since the 2011
   revolution that inspired the "Arab spring." Protesters have decried
   both inequality and police abuses.

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