{"id":170794,"date":"2022-01-14T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudanese-journalists-attacked-and-detained-during-yesterday-s-marches-of-the-millions\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T08:18:36","slug":"sudanese-journalists-attacked-and-detained-during-yesterday-s-marches-of-the-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudanese-journalists-attacked-and-detained-during-yesterday-s-marches-of-the-millions","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese journalists assaulted, detained during yesterday’s Marches of the Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Security forces stormed the headquarters of the Al Araby<\/em> satellite TV channel in Khartoum and detained correspondent Islam Saleh, cameraman Wael El Hasan, and some of their colleagues when they were covering yesterday\u2019s Marches of the Millions in Khartoum.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Journalist Shamayel El Nour was severely beaten by military forces, while journalist Osman Fadlallah and Bakri Khalifa barely managed to escape death by being run over by a \u2018Thatcher car\u2019, a big Toyota Land Cruiser.<\/p>\n

The Sudanese Journalists’ Network (SJN) condemned the violence of the military forces against journalists covering the January 13 Marches of the Millions in Sudan\u2019s capital Khartoum.<\/p>\n

The network described the violence as criminal behaviour and holds the authorities responsible for the detainees’ safety.<\/p>\n

Military forces also detained Xinhua’s cameraman Mohamed Khidir and photographer Majdi Abdallah, as Radio Dabanga reported yesterday<\/a>. The SJN demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the two colleagues.<\/p>\n

Al Araby targeted before<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, members of the joint security forces threw tear gas canisters<\/a> at crew members of the Al Araby<\/em> television network while they were filming the Marches of the Millions from their office in Khartoum.<\/p>\n

At the end of December, joint forces also stormed the offices<\/a> of the Arab Al Arabiya<\/em> and Al Hadath<\/em> satellite TV channels, assaulted the journalists present, destroyed their equipment, and stole their belongings. They also threatened the staff of Asharq<\/em> News Channel and Sky News Arabia.<\/p>\n