Sihem Bensedrine

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sihem Bensedrine
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Oct 28, 1950(1950-10-28)
Age	74
Birthplace	La Marsa
Country	Tunisia
Birth City	Tunis Governorate
Horoscope	Libra

Sihem Bensedrine Biography

Sihem Bensedrine is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on October 28, 1950 in La Marsa, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia. Sihem Bensedrine (Arabic: shm bn sidrn ) (born on October 28, 1950) is a Tunisian journalist and human rights advocate. As of 2005, the journalist was awarded by an Oxfam Novib/PEN Award.

The year 1998 was the time she created her own organization, the Conseil National pour les Libertes en Tunisie (CNLT), in which she became the main spokesperson.

In 2000, she co-founded the online journal Kalima with Naziha Réjiba. In 2001, Réjiba and Bensedrine founded the group Observatoire de la Liberté de la Presse, de L’Edition et de la Création (OLPEC), which promotes freedom of the press.

On 10 July 2001, Bensedrine was awarded the “Special Award for Human Rights Journalism Under Threat” at the Amnesty International UK Media Awards. Her husband and daughter received the award on her behalf. On 12 August Bensedrine was released because of widespread support, both in Tunisia and abroad, particularly in France. Bensedrine’s arrest was positively linked to her appearance on the Al Mustaquilla television station and her appearance of 17 June 2001 was cited by the Tunisian Government as evidence in a defamation case which they pursued against the Al Mustaquilla television station.

She established the publishing house Arcs in 1988. However, it went under in 1992 as a result of the crisis in human rights. She was able to save the company in 1998 when she was named the head of the literary department at The publishing company Noir sur Blanc.

Sihem Bensedrine Net Worth

Sihem Bensedrine is one of the richest Journalist from Tunisia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sihem Bensedrine 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The late 1970s Bensedrine along with other Members of the Tunisian Human Rights League won collectively the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015.

She was in 1980 and was an independent reporter for the magazine Le Phare. After the publication stopped and she was elected an official at Maghreb before moving to Realites. After Maghreb was shut down due to the food riots of 1983, she was appointed the editor-in chief of Gazette Touristique and founded l’Hebdo Touristique. While she was at it she was also in charge of the newspaper of opposition El Mawkif.

From 1999, she and her businesses were subject to numerous police and judicial actions, including confiscation and destruction of property and a personal libel campaign in which she was portrayed as a prostitute, because of her freedom of the press and human rights activities.

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In 2011 she was awarded the Alison Des Forges Award by Human Rights Watch in recognition of her twenty years working to expose human rights violations under former Tunisian President Ben Ali. The award “celebrates the valor of individuals who put their lives on the line to protect the dignity and rights of others”. She also won the IPI Free Media Pioneer Award.

Facts & Trivia

Sihem Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Tunisia. Sihem Bensedrine celebrates birthday on October 28 of every year.