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Al Jazeera
Politics
Simon Speakman Cordall

Police question two Tunisian journalists after controversial show

Presenter Elyes Gharbi, left, and journalist Haythem El Mekki, centre, outside a police station in Tunis [Simon Speakman Cordall/Al Jazeera]

Tunis, Tunisia – Prominent Tunisian columnist Haythem El Mekki and radio cohost Elyes Gharbi have been released by a public prosecutor after being interrogated about their comments on the country’s powerful security forces.

On Monday, the two journalists were questioned at a police station in the area of El Gorjani in the capital Tunis as their colleagues and human rights activists protested outside.

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