During the recent World Summit on the Information Society held in Tunis, the IFJ was highly critical of the Tunisian government for what it called the harassment of human rights activists and its censorship of online information.
Since the summit, the IFJ site has been inaccessible inside Tunisia.
The IFJ has written to Tunisian president Ben Ali stating that all restrictions to online content should be lifted in line with international standards.
"The sole reason for this ban is a political act of spite to penalise the Federation for defending the rights of all journalists in Tunisia and for its criticism of the authorities," said Aidan White, general secretary of the IFJ.
"But they are seriously mistaken if they think this will discourage journalists from expressing their solidarity with colleagues in Tunisia."
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