(RSF/IFEX) – On 4 July 1998, Sudanese authorities confiscated editions of the independent newspapers “Al-Rai Al-Akhar” and “Al-Shari Al-Siyasi”. Copies of the papers were seized at the publishing house in Khartoum before distribution. Although government officials refused to give a reason for the confiscation, the move is apparently connected with new directives issued by the […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 4 July 1998, Sudanese authorities confiscated editions of
the independent newspapers “Al-Rai Al-Akhar” and “Al-Shari Al-Siyasi”.
Copies of the papers were seized at the publishing house in Khartoum before
distribution. Although government officials refused to give a reason for the
confiscation, the move is apparently connected with new directives issued by
the National Press and Publications council ordering newspapers not to
criticise the new Constitution. In a memorandum, the council also asked
newspapers to emphasise the virtues of “dialogue and national consensus”.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Al-Akhar”
and “Al-Shari Al-Siyasi” lifted
as an
arbitrary
act of censorship
Appeals To
His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir
President of the Republic of the Sudan
People’s Palace
PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +249 11 71724Mr Ahmad al-Mufti
Secretary
Advisory Council for Human Rights
PO Box 302
Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +249 11 779 173
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