Sudan

(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 […]

(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 […]

(NDIMA/IFEX) – According to NDIMA, on 27 March 1998, armed men abducted Alim Ismail Atabani, publisher and chairman of the Board of Directors of “Al-Rai al-Aam”, a private Sudanese newspaper. The men offered Atabani a lift as he was walking to the mosque, but when he got into the car a pistol was put to […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The 12 November 1997 edition of the independent daily “Al-Rai Al-Akhar” was banned from distribution. An executive who asked not to be named said that representatives of the Sudanese government had “seized copies of the Wednesday edition from the printing works on Tuesday evening, even though there was no information or report in […]

Television cameraman Osama Ghandi and technician Hassan Saleh are currently among ten civilians being prosecuted in an in camera military court trial of mostly military officers, which began in late August 1996. Ghandi, an employee of the state-owned Sudanese Television, reportedly stated to the court on 18 September that his confession, regarding involvement in an […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed deep concern over the continued detention of Sudanese journalist Babakr Othaman. **Updates IFEX alert dated 11 September 1996** Othaman, a correspondent for the Qatar-based daily “Al-Watan”, was arrested by Sudanese security forces on 4 September 1996 and continues to be held incommunicado without charge. Colleagues at “Al-Watan” […]

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 13 July 1996, the government’s Press and Publications Council (Conseil de la presse et des publications) ordered the closure of the Dar al Ahila publishing house. Dar al Ahila publishes the private daily “Al Rai al Akhar” and the apolitical triweekly paper “Al Majalis”. The Council said the two papers published “false information and […]

**Updates IFEX alert dated 15 May 1996** Ismael Muhammad Al-Hussein, news director at Sudanese television, news editors Hussein Saleh and Abbas Suleiman, cameraman Osama Ghandi and journalist Ibrahim Alacid (previously unreported) were arrested at the end of April 1996. There has been no news of them since. They were accused of attempting to overthrow the […]

On 20 May 1996, a group of armed men stormed the offices of the privately-owned daily “Al-Rai Al-Akhar” and confiscated all 20,000 copies of that day’s edition. The attack occurred one day after the newspaper had reported the revolt at a prison south of Khartoum orchestrated by 95 soldiers suspected of taking part in a […]

In late April 1996, Sudanese security forces arrested four journalists with the state-owned Sudanese Television. News director Ismael Muhammad al-Hussein, news editors Hussein Saleh and Abbas Suleiman, and cameraman Osama Ghandi were arrested at the station’s offices and taken into custody. There has been no news of the journalists since their arrest, and colleagues fear […]