{"id":183981,"date":"2014-11-18T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/reporter-to-face-charges-in-west-kordofan\/"},"modified":"2014-11-18T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T20:00:00","slug":"reporter-to-face-charges-in-west-kordofan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/reporter-to-face-charges-in-west-kordofan","title":{"rendered":"Reporter to face charges in West Kordofan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Aisha El Samani is to appear in court in En Nahud in West Kordofan next week to face charges related to entering and photographing military areas.<\/p>\n<p>El Samani, who works for the English-language <em>Citizen<\/em> newspaper, was arrested on 4 July under article 57 of the penal code for \u201cfilming military areas\u201d. She was near to the En Nahud prison covering the detention of Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) leader Ibrahim El Sheikh.<\/p>\n<p>She was taken to the city\u2019s police station where she was questioned for an hour, and her mobile phone was confiscated. She was then conditionally released, but had to break-off her assignment and return to Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p>El Samani has been summoned to appear at 10 am on Wednesday November 26. The charges carry a sentence of up a year\u2019s imprisonment or a fine.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Aisha El Samani<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/83099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Scrap Sudan\u2019s security apparatus\u2019: SCP leader<\/a> (4 November 2014)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/74624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudanese Congress Party leaders detained<\/a> (9 June 2014)<!--break--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Journalist Aisha El Samani is to appear in court in En Nahud in West Kordofan next week to face charges related to entering and photographing military areas. El Samani, who works for the English-language Citizen newspaper, was arrested on 4 July under article 57 of the penal code for \u201cfilming military areas\u201d. She was near to the En Nahud prison covering the detention of Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) leader Ibrahim El Sheikh. She was taken to the city\u2019s police station where she was questioned for an hour, and her mobile phone was confiscated. She was then conditionally released, but had to break-off her assignment and return to Khartoum. El Samani has been summoned to appear at 10 am on Wednesday November 26. The charges carry a sentence of up a year\u2019s imprisonment or a fine. File photo: Aisha El Samani Related: \u2018Scrap Sudan\u2019s security apparatus\u2019: SCP leader (4 November 2014) Sudanese Congress Party leaders detained (9 June 2014)<\/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":[42,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","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>Reporter to face charges in West Kordofan - 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\/reporter-to-face-charges-in-west-kordofan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reporter to face charges in West Kordofan - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Journalist Aisha El Samani is to appear in court in En Nahud in West Kordofan next week to face charges related to entering and photographing military areas. 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