Tunisian journalists have launched a strike to protest pressures by the authorities, after a reporter was arrested for
accusing the public prosecutor of fabricating evidence against a cameraman.

The national union of Tunisian journalists (SNJT), which called the action, said it was observed by more than 90 percent of its members.

Hundreds of journalists, politicians and activists gathered outside the union's headquarters in Tunis to support the strikers.

Al Jazeera's Yousseff Gaigi reports from Tunis.