Khalid Tawfig was released after almost a month in prison; Ashraf Abdelaziz and Altahir Ibrahim were released after one year in detention.
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders notes that Khalid Tawfig, a graphic designer employed by the opposition weekly “Al-Midan”, was finally released on 28 February 2011. He had been arrested along with five other members of its staff on 2 February.
Two senior staff members of the opposition daily “Rai Al Shaab”, editor Ashraf Abdelaziz and senior political reporter Altahir Ibrahim, were released on 6 February after being detained for a year.
Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of the five other journalists still detained in Sudan: “Al-Midan” trainee journalists Mohamed Aldirderi and Samir Salaheldin, “Al-Midan” reporter Abdelazeem Albadawi, Gafar Alsabki Ibrahim of “Alsahafa” and Abuzar Al Amin of “Rai Al Shaab”.
