Sudan: Journalist jailed for reporting rape case
The Khartoum government’s crackdown on free expression continues. Abdelgadir Mohammed Abdelgadir reports
Post-split Sudan silences dissenting voices
Omar al-Bashir’s government is determined to control the news media, says Abdelgadir Mohammed Abdelgadir
New media crackdown prior to South Sudan split
As journalists are jailed and fined for reporting on the rape of a human rights campaigner, Abdelgadir Mohammed Abdelgadir reports on press freedom in Sudan
Sudan: Editor facing possible death penalty or life imprisonment
Abuzar Ali Al-Amin, the deputy editor of Sudanese opposition daily, Raj Al-Shaab, is facing the possibility of life imprisonment or the death penalty. Two weeks ago, Al-Amin had the release date for his five-year jail sentence for “publishing incorrect information” and “attacking the state” brought forward to 3 July of this year. A new charge, brought by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), accuses Al-Amin of causing deliberate injury to an agent when he was arrested in May 2010. This year has already seen the arrest of more than 30 journalists in Sudan and a popular newspaper has been prevented from printing five times.