Sudan

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Justice Minister Ali Osmane Yassine, RSF protested the arrests of Alula Berhe Kedani and Osmane Mirghani, journalists with the private dailies “Al Raï Al Akhar” and “Al Raï al A’am”, respectively. The organisation asked Osmane Yassine “to do everything in his power to ensure that Berhe Kedani and Mirghani […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of Information Ghazi Salaheddine Atabani, RSF protested the 7 May 2000 seizure of private dailies “Alwan”, “Al-Rai Al-Akher”, “Al-Wifaq”, and “Al-Sahafi Ad-Dawli”, in Khartoum. Robert Ménard, RSF’s secretary-general, asked the minister to use his influence to “put an end to these types of measures, which are clear lapses […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the minister of the interior, General Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, RSF protested the detention of five journalists who work for the independent daily “As-Sahafa”. Robert Ménard, RSF’s secretary general, asked the minister to use his position to “put an end to these kinds of incidents”. RSF reminded him that, […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: SUDANESE ACADEMIC UNDER SIEGE Attack Against Kadouda’s Daughter Condemned (New York, November 24, 1999) – In an open letter today to Sudanese President al Bashir, Human Rights Watch called for an impartial and thorough investigation into a violent attack on the daughter of Sudanese […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a 17 September 1999 letter to General al-Bashir, RSF protested another suspension of the independent daily “Al-Rai Al-Akhar”. RSF expressed its opposition to the latest suspension, which for the first time is for an indefinite period. “This seventh suspension since the beginning of the year can be considered a form of harassment, […]

(WAN/IFEX) – In a 7 September 1999 letter to President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, WAN expressed its concern over the suspension of three daily newspapers. WAN had written to the president on a similar matter on 29 July. **Updates IFEX alerts of 1 September 1999; for background on previous suspensions see IFEX alerts of 19 August, […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a 1 September 1999 letter to General al-Bashir, RSF protested the suspension of three dailies for one to seven days. “As these suspensions can be considered a form of harassment of the press, the aim of which is to force journalists into self-censorship,” the organisation urged that publication be allowed to resume. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In an 18 August 1999 letter to General al-Bashir, RSF protested the one-week suspension of the independent daily “Al-Raï Al-Akhar”. RSF stated that “this is the fifth time that a suspension of the newspaper has been ordered since the beginning of the year.” On 11 January, it was suspended for two days, on […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In an 11 August 1999 letter to General al-Bashir, RSF protested the suspension of the daily “Al Bayan” because of an article critical of the ruling party. RSF urged General al-Bashir to “ensure that newspapers are not the target of repression and that press freedom is guaranteed in your country as a basic […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a 27 July 1999 letter to General al-Bashir, RSF protested the suspension of the independent daily “Al-Raï Al-Akhar”. RSF stated that “this is the fourth time that a suspension has been ordered since the beginning of the year: on 11 January it was suspended for two days, on 22 June for another […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter sent to General Omar Hassan al-Bashir on 6 July 1999, RSF protested the suspension of three dailies for one to five days and urged that publication be resumed, “as a move to protect press freedom in Sudan.” On 5 July, the National Press Council ordered the newspaper “Al-Raï Al-Akhar” to […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 24 June 1999, RSF issued a report entitled “Burma, Sudan, Syria and Turkey: torture as a form of repression”. A synopsis and the full text of the report follows: Nine journalists were tortured by the Turkish police in 1998. Another suffered the same fate in March 1999. In Syria, 11 journalists languishing […]

(RSF/IFEX) – According to RSF, the editors-in-chief of three dailies have been arrested. RSF is calling for the release of Amal Abbas and Mohamed Ahmed Karrar and Mohi Eddine Titaoui, stating that “journalists should not be taken as responsible for what is published in articles, as long as the authors of the statements are clearly […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is deeply alarmed by the postponement of the release of Mohammed Abdel Sid, a correspondent in Khartoum of the London-based Arabic daily “Asharq Al-Awsat”, who was arrested on 14 April 1999 under the national security law. **Updates IFEX alert of 16 April 1999** Despite an official announcement on 28 April by the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the arrest of Mohammed Abdel Sid, a correspondent in Khartoum of the London-based Arabic daily “Asharq Al-Awsat”. According to RSF’s information, the journalist was arrested on 14 April 1999 by security forces at his home in Khartoum. This is the third time that Abdel Sid has been detained. The previous […]

(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 22 July 1998, on 21 July, the daily “Alwan” was suspended for two days. The Sudanese National Press and Publications Council said the daily had published a “blasphemous” article and had broken the law. In its 21 July issue, “Alwan” criticised the authorities who seized […]