text: Members of the police stand guard during an anti-government protest in Tunis, Tunisia, Jan. 26, 2021.
  Tunisian police slapped and arrested a photojournalist working at night despite his having an authorization to be out after curfew, the national press syndicate said on Wednesday amid criticism of the security forces' handling of protests.
  He had earlier published pictures of police using pepper spray during a recent surge of protests in Tunisia, a democracy since the 2011 revolution that inspired the "Arab spring." Protesters have decried both inequality and police abuses.
  FILE - Demonstrators face police officers during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis, Jan. 19, 2021.
  Tunisian rights groups have criticized what they call the police's aggressive handling of protesters and the arrest of bloggers.