Newspapers seized by Security Services in Sudan

05/07/2013 23:20

Agents of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) confiscated the print run of Al Mashhad newspaper on Wednesday morning, and similarly seized all copies of  the daily newspapers Al Gharar and Akhir Lahza on Thursday, “without providing any reasons”. Journalists told Radio Dabanga that the security agents arrived at the printing works early on Wednesday morning and confiscated all copies of the paper before distribution.The Sudanese Journalists Network and Journalists for Human Rights have condemned the confiscation of newspapers by the security apparatus, asserting that confiscation of newspapers is inconsistent with the right of expression, press freedom and the Constitution of Sudan. File photo: Khartoum newspapers (SUNA) Related: World Press Freedom Day: ‘Journalists facing terrible abuses’ in Sudan (3 May 2013) Al Jazeera editor-in-chief summoned by Sudan security services (4 April 2013)

Agents of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) confiscated the print run of Al Mashhad newspaper on Wednesday morning, and similarly seized all copies of  the daily newspapers Al Gharar and Akhir Lahza on Thursday, “without providing any reasons”.

Journalists told Radio Dabanga that the security agents arrived at the printing works early on Wednesday morning and confiscated all copies of the paper before distribution.

The Sudanese Journalists Network and Journalists for Human Rights have condemned the confiscation of newspapers by the security apparatus, asserting that confiscation of newspapers is inconsistent with the right of expression, press freedom and the Constitution of Sudan.

File photo: Khartoum newspapers (SUNA)

Related:

World Press Freedom Day: ‘Journalists facing terrible abuses’ in Sudan (3 May 2013)

Al Jazeera editor-in-chief summoned by Sudan security services (4 April 2013)