On 2 September 1996, Salah Omar, a photographer for the news agency Agence France Presse (AFP) and the official Sudanese News Agency (SUNA), was arrested by security force agents in Khartoum as he was taking pictures in the street. Omar, who has worked for AFP for six years, was driven by the agents to an […]
On 2 September 1996, Salah Omar, a photographer for the news
agency Agence France Presse (AFP) and the official Sudanese News
Agency (SUNA), was arrested by security force agents in Khartoum
as he was taking pictures in the street. Omar, who has worked for
AFP for six years, was driven by the agents to an unknown
destination.
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His Excellency Omar Hassan al-Bashir
President of the Republic of Sudan
Palace of the People
Khartoum
c/o the Sudanese embassy in France
Fax: +011 331 4563 6673
(in Canada)
Embassy of the Republic of Sudan
85 Range Road
Suite 507-510
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 8J6
Tel: +1 613 235 4000/4999
Fax: +1 613 235 6880
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