{"id":187254,"date":"2013-07-18T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-s-niss-bans-al-youm-al-tali-daily-newspaper-gags-reporters\/"},"modified":"2013-07-18T22:10:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T22:10:00","slug":"sudan-s-niss-bans-al-youm-al-tali-daily-newspaper-gags-reporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-s-niss-bans-al-youm-al-tali-daily-newspaper-gags-reporters","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s NISS bans ‘Al Youm Al Tali’ daily newspaper, gags reporters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The publication of Al Youm Al Tali<\/em> daily newspaper has been \u201csuspended indefinitely\u201d, and two Sudanese reporters have been \u201cforbidden from writing\u201d by order of Sudan\u2019s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS).<\/p>\n

Editor Muzammil Abu Al Qasim told radio Dabanga that on Wednesday, agents of the NISS ordered him to \u201chalt publication indefinitely\u201d. The also reportedly confiscated the print-run of the next edition of Al Youm Al Tali<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Strongly condemning the action, Al Qasim said that the NISS did not provide any reasons for the ban.<\/p>\n

In terms of the order, journalists Salah Aouda Shere of Akhir Lahza <\/em>and Mohamed Abdel Majid of Al Ahram El Youm<\/em> have also been \u201cforbidden from writing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Sudanese journalistic fraternity has reacted with a chorus of condemnation, describing the NISS intervention and the confiscation of the Al Youm Al Tali<\/em> edition “a violation of freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution of Sudan\u201d.<\/p>\n

The journalists of Sudan also reminded the regime that it \u201cviolates ratified international conventions\u201d and appealed to local organisations as well as the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) \u201cto show international solidarity, to protect the freedom of expression, and to stop arbitrary procedures against newspapers and journalists\u201d.<\/p>\n

The latest action comes in the wake of allegations by Bloomberg News journalist, Michael Gunn, who told Reuters that security agents detained him for covering a rally on 29 June where thousands demanded that President Omar Hassan El Bashir resigns.<\/p>\n

Gunn claims that NISS agents \u201cdetained and beat him\u201d for covering a rally on 29 June where \u201cthousands demanded that President Omar Al Bashir resign\u201d. He says that the agents later \u201cleft him on a street\u201d, and that he left Sudan shortly afterwards \u201cin fear of his life\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the New York-based CPJ said, \u201cGunn said he was beaten several times, his bag and pockets were searched, and his shirt was pulled over his head before he was thrown into the back of a pickup truck with a number of Sudanese citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n

The statement added that Gunn was \u201ctaken blindly and interrogated for three hours about what he is doing in Sudan\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cSudanese authorities assaulted and threatened an international journalist with apparent impunity and with the effect of preventing the reporter from carrying out his duties,\u201d the CPJ statement concluded.<\/p>\n

Composite image by Radio Dabanga<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

Newspapers seized by Security Services in Sudan<\/a> (5 July 2013)<\/p>\n

World Press Freedom Day: \u2018Journalists facing terrible abuses\u2019 in Sudan<\/a> (3 May 2013)<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera editor-in-chief summoned by Sudan security services<\/a> (4 April 2013)<\/p>\n

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