Tunisia police to investigate two top journalists, radio station says


FILE PHOTO: Tunisian journalist Haythem El Mekki presents his segment in an episode of a radio show inside the studio of Mosaique FM, in Tunis, Tunisia October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's most popular independent radio station on Thursday said two of its top broadcasters, critics of President Kais Saied, have been summoned by police for questioning, amid fears of an escalating government campaign against the media.

Radio Mosaique said its broadcasters Haythem El Mekki and Elyess Gharbi were going to be questioned by police on Friday in an investigation linked to journalistic content.

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