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Intelligence agency steps up offensive against Khartoum press

Published on 5 April 2013Read

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Khartoum censors strike

Intelligence service seizes Arab-language daily in latest act of censorship

Published on 24 January 2013Read

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Woman journalist flees abroad after mistreatment by intelligence agency

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders is deeply relieved to learn that Somaia Ibrahim Ismail, a young woman journalist and activist who (...)

Published on 7 November 2012 Read

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Thousands ‘choose peace’ on anniversary of South Sudanese independence

Warring parties urged to pull back from the brink as UN resolution deadline looms. Citizens from South Sudan and Sudan have today been joined by (...)

Published on 9 July 2012 Read

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Court acquits journalist who was hounded by intelligence officers

Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that Faisal Mohammed Salih, a freelance journalist who had been harassed by the National (...)

Published on 31 May 2012 Read

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Two private newspapers closed down since start of the year

The year began in Sudan in the same vein as previous ones, with new censorship moves. Although the country has a diverse media and enjoys some (...)

Published on 17 January 2012 Read

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Eritrean journalist freed in Khartoum, Sudanese newspaperwoman detained

The Eritrean editorial writer and journalist, Jamal Osman Hamad, who runs the website adoulis.com, was released by Sudanese security forces in (...)

Published on 16 December 2011 Read

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Radio Dabanga contributor freed, all charges dropped

Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that human rights activist and Radio Dabanga contributor Abdelrahman Adam has been freed after (...)

Published on 13 December 2011 Read

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A newspaper closed, others suspended or seized, journalists physically attacked

Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the renewed crackdown on independent media and government critics in September. One newspaper was (...)

Published on 29 September 2011 Read

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Journalist freed on bail but daily prevented from publishing for three days and return of prior censorship mooted

Reporters Without Borders welcomes the news that Abuzar Ali Al-Amin, the deputy editor of the now closed daily Rai Al-Shaab, was finally released (...)

Published on 24 August 2011 Read