{"id":184293,"date":"2014-10-04T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/reform-sudan-s-restricting-laws-senior-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2014-10-04T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T16:16:00","slug":"reform-sudan-s-restricting-laws-senior-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/reform-sudan-s-restricting-laws-senior-lawyer","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Reform Sudan&#8217;s restricting laws&#8217;: senior lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legal expert and lawyer Nabil Adib Abdallah has called for the necessity of legal reforms in Sudan, and the amendment of laws that restrict freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Radio Dabanga, Abdallah said that these restricting laws, such as media rules and criminal laws, strip the Sudanese citizens of their constitutional rights. \u201cThese rights were granted in the transitional Sudanese constitution,\u201d Abdallah said. \u201cFor example, freedom of opinion and religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the security apparatus has the authority to detain a person, and not submit him to any judge for 45 days. This can be extended to up to four and a half months.<\/p>\n<p>Abdallah added that the Press and Publications Act prevents journalists from reporting on a variety of issues, unless they receive permission from the authorities beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, he described Sudan&#8217;s criminal law as \u201cobscure\u201d. \u201cSome of the articles have ambiguous meanings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: The Supreme Court in Khartoum (Elaph)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/71079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudan&#8217;s Al Bashir restricts political parties after promising the opposite<\/a>&nbsp;(15 April 2014)<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/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>Legal expert and lawyer Nabil Adib Abdallah has called for the necessity of legal reforms in Sudan, and the amendment of laws that restrict freedoms. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, Abdallah said that these restricting laws, such as media rules and criminal laws, strip the Sudanese citizens of their constitutional rights. \u201cThese rights were granted in the transitional Sudanese constitution,\u201d Abdallah said. \u201cFor example, freedom of opinion and religion.\u201d He stressed that the security apparatus has the authority to detain a person, and not submit him to any judge for 45 days. This can be extended to up to four and a half months. Abdallah added that the Press and Publications Act prevents journalists from reporting on a variety of issues, unless they receive permission from the authorities beforehand. Finally, he described Sudan&#8217;s criminal law as \u201cobscure\u201d. \u201cSome of the articles have ambiguous meanings.\u201d File photo: The Supreme Court in Khartoum (Elaph) Related:\u00a0Sudan&#8217;s Al Bashir restricts political parties after promising the opposite\u00a0(15 April 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":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184293","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>&#039;Reform Sudan&#039;s restricting laws&#039;: senior lawyer - 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\/reform-sudan-s-restricting-laws-senior-lawyer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Reform Sudan&#039;s restricting laws&#039;: senior lawyer - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Legal expert and lawyer Nabil Adib Abdallah has called for the necessity of legal reforms in Sudan, and the amendment of laws that restrict freedoms. 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