It was during Monday that security forces allegedly stormed Al-Jazeera's editorial office in the Tunisian capital, the TV channel writes in several posts on Twitter and on its site.
The TV channel states both that there were about 20 uninformed police officers and at least 10 heavily armed people who entered.
- That it is the police who shut down the editorial office should be strongly condemned.
They should rather protect journalists, says Erik Halkjaer, Reporters without Borders chairman in Sweden to SVT.
"An incredibly serious incident"
Erik Halkjaer also emphasizes that Al Jazeera has been an important news communicator during the ongoing unrest in the country.
- What is happening in Tunisia right now is a very hard blow against press freedom and independent journalism.
It is a country where freedom of the press and the protection of independent journalism have improved dramatically in the last five or six years.
But since the last election, we have seen a certain deterioration, with a more hostile attitude from far-right and conservative groups, says Erik Halkjaer, and continues:
- That this happens in connection with this "soft coup" may not come as a surprise, but it must be condemned.
It's an incredibly serious incident.