Index on Censorship » Darfur 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 » Darfur http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Sudan: Newspapers ordered not to report rebels’ words or actions http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/09/sudan-newspapers-ordered-not-to-report-on-rebels/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/09/sudan-newspapers-ordered-not-to-report-on-rebels/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:05:58 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=26947 The Sudanese security authorities have instructed newspapers to avoid reporting the activities of rebel groups in the country. Local reports say the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) contacted chief editors of national newspapers and ordered them not to publish any statements by Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim or leaders of the Sudan People’s Liberation [...]

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]]> have instructed newspapers to avoid reporting the activities of rebel groups in the country. Local reports say the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) contacted chief editors of national newspapers and ordered them not to publish any statements by Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim or leaders of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), which is fighting the government in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/09/sudan-newspapers-ordered-not-to-report-on-rebels/feed/ 0 Sudan: Newspaper suspends publication in censorship row http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/06/sudan-newspaper-suspends-publication-in-censorship-row/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/06/sudan-newspaper-suspends-publication-in-censorship-row/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:02:38 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=12865 The acting editor-in-chief of Sudanese newspaper Ajras Al-Huriya, Faiz Al-Silaik, has announced that the paper will protest censorship by not publishing for one week. The Sudanese authorities introduced pre-publication censorship for two daily newspapers in May. On Saturday the security forces visited four other independent/opposition papers, directly censoring much of their content. The press crackdown is [...]

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]]> Faiz Al-Silaik, has announced that the paper will protest censorship by not publishing for one week. The Sudanese authorities introduced pre-publication censorship for two daily newspapers in May. On Saturday the security forces visited four other independent/opposition papers, directly censoring much of their content. The press crackdown is focused on reporting of a doctor’s strike, and the arrest warrant the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued for President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir for war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan.

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