{"id":180748,"date":"2016-03-28T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/el-ayam-newspaper-gagged-in-sudan-capital\/"},"modified":"2016-03-28T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T13:47:00","slug":"el-ayam-newspaper-gagged-in-sudan-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/el-ayam-newspaper-gagged-in-sudan-capital","title":{"rendered":"El Ayam newspaper gagged in Sudan capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Members of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) confiscated the entire print-run of <\/strong><em><strong>El Ayam <\/strong><\/em><strong>daily newspaper in Khartoum in the early hours of Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No reasons were provided, editor-in-chief Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n<p>Salih, who founded the newspaper in 1953, said that an article published previously could be the reason.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The confiscation on Sunday may have been just a punishment by the security apparatus, causing financial losses to <em>El Ayam,<\/em> as we have to pay for the printing press.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Confiscating print-runs also means a violation of the freedom of publication and expression stipulated by a number of Sudanese laws and the 2005 Interim Constitution, but the NISS clearly stands above the law,&rdquo; he commented.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) confiscated the entire print-run of El Ayam daily newspaper in Khartoum in the early hours of Sunday.<br \/>\nNo reasons were provided, editor-in-chief Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, told Radio Dabanga.<br \/>\nSalih, who founded the newspaper in 1953, said that an article published previously could be the reason.<br \/>\n\u201cThe confiscation on Sunday may have been just a punishment by the security apparatus, causing financial losses to El Ayam, as we have to pay for the printing press.<br \/>\n\u201cConfiscating print-runs also means a violation of the freedom of publication and expression stipulated by a number of Sudanese laws and the 2005 Interim Constitution, but the NISS clearly stands above the law,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>El Ayam newspaper gagged in Sudan capital - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/el-ayam-newspaper-gagged-in-sudan-capital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"El Ayam newspaper gagged in Sudan capital - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Members of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) confiscated the entire print-run of El Ayam daily newspaper in Khartoum in the early hours of Sunday. 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