Hammamet – The Prize Hermès for the promotion of trade and freedom of expression was recently established at the initiative of two Tunisian associations (Med21 and the International Forum of Réalités) and COPEAM (the Permanent Mediterranean Audiovisuals Conference). The ceremony held yesterday in Hammamet, Marie-Christine Zaragoza, president of Médias France Monde, and Kamel Daoud, Algerian writer and journalist, were honored. The posthumous award was dedicated to Georges Wolinski, writer, journalist and caricaturist of Charlie Hebdo, and Boulaares Habib, former Tunisian Minister, writer and journalist. Pier Luigi Malesani, secretary general of Copeam, intervened in the awards ceremony to emphasize that freedom of speech is a fundamental value and right, and that Copeam is fighting so that it may be exercised throughout the Mediterranean. (9Colonne)
