Index on Censorship » Fathi Shilah 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 » Fathi Shilah http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Sudan: Parliament witnesses heated discussions over press censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/sudan-parliament-witnesses-heated-discussions-over-press-censorship/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/sudan-parliament-witnesses-heated-discussions-over-press-censorship/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:36:00 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=28142 A parliamentary seminar to discuss proposed changes to Sudan‘s press law was subject to a heated debate about pre-publication censorship on Monday. During the seminar, a leading member of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), Fathi Shilah, described press censorship as an act of backwardness regardless of the authority that implements it. The current press law [...]

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]]> parliamentary seminar to discuss proposed changes to Sudan‘s press law was subject to a heated debate about pre-publication censorship on Monday. During the seminar, a leading member of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), Fathi Shilah, described press censorship as an act of backwardness regardless of the authority that implements it. The current press law in the country, passed in 2009, has been heavily criticised by journalists who claim the law only appears to create a free press. Newspapers are confiscated and censored by security authorities aiming to prevent publication and large financial penalties can be handed to journalists.

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