Index on Censorship » Ahjras Al Hurriya http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Ahjras Al Hurriya http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Sudan: Publisher stops press to protest censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/sudan-publisher-stops-press-to-protest-censorship/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/sudan-publisher-stops-press-to-protest-censorship/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:31:02 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=32575 The publisher of an independent Sudanese newspaper has withheld an edition of the paper to protest censorship. National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) raided the offices of independent newspaper Al-Jaridah on Sunday, seizing all copies of the first edition of the paper since it was forced to close in 2011. Before the closure, the government [...]

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]]> Sudanese newspaper has withheld an edition of the paper to protest censorship. National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) raided the offices of independent newspaper Al-Jaridah on Sunday, seizing all copies of the first edition of the paper since it was forced to close in 2011. Before the closure, the government had warned the publisher against columns by journalists who previously worked with Ahjras Al Hurriya, another independent newspaper that was banned. As a result of the confiscation, the newspaper’s publisher withheld the Monday edition of the paper in protest against the censorship.

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