{"id":189486,"date":"2012-02-23T19:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/security-authorities-close-el-tayar-newspaper-in-khartoum\/"},"modified":"2012-02-23T19:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T19:02:00","slug":"security-authorities-close-el-tayar-newspaper-in-khartoum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/security-authorities-close-el-tayar-newspaper-in-khartoum","title":{"rendered":"Security authorities close El Tayar newspaper in Khartoum"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The head of Sudan’s security service Mohammed Atta reportedly issued permission for the newspaper to be closed.<\/SPAN><\/P>
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The Sudanese Network of Journalists sharply condemned the move, calling it an affront on freedom of expression and against the Sudanese constitution as well as international laws ratified by Sudan.<\/SPAN><\/P>
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The Darfur Bar Association also denounced the shutting down as an attack on human rights and against freedom of expression. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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Security services have closed Al Rai Al Shab, Ajras El Hurriya and Alwan newspapers<\/A> recently and started a crackdown on english newspapers following the secession of the South in July last year.<\/SPAN><\/P>
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Amnesty International reported in 2011 that authorities routinely regulate censorship by<\/SPAN> contacting newspapers prior to printing to inform of issues that should not be covered.<\/P>
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In the event of printing newspapers on banned topics, security authorities shut down papers following printing, inflicting financial penalties.<\/P>
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AI reported detentions of newspaper editors and individual journalists deemed a threat to national security, as well as allegations of torture in custody.<\/P>
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