{"id":20041922,"date":"2023-06-13T14:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20041922"},"modified":"2023-06-14T07:50:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T05:50:56","slug":"more-violations-against-journalists-in-sudan-biggest-threat-in-el-geneina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/more-violations-against-journalists-in-sudan-biggest-threat-in-el-geneina","title":{"rendered":"More violations against journalists in Sudan, biggest threat in El Geneina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KHARTOUM \/ EL GENEINA – June 13, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS) has continued to monitor violations against journalists during the war and said that the greatest threats are faced by journalists in El Geneina, West Darfur.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The secretary of the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Mohamed Abdelaziz, said that dozens of journalists faced abuses during the war, including threats of detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 40 violations were documented<\/a> in the second half of May, Radio Dabanga reported last week, including enforced disappearances and raids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdelaziz told Radio Dabanga that the Syndicate has monitored more violations against journalists in Khartoum and other cities in the past weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems to be that the warring parties\u2019 main goal since the outbreak of the fighting is to kill the truth, according to the secretary. \u201cBalanced and objective coverage of the events is not benefitting either side of the fighting, and dozens of journalists were therefore threatened and detained.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the media outlets, especially paper newspapers and radio stations, were forced to stop working completely in Khartoum and other cities due to the fighting and repression<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Geneina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The greatest threat is in Darfur, especially in El Geneina, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdelaziz described clashes there<\/a> as \u201cextremely complex because they are not only between the army and the Rapid Support Forces but are an extension of the ethnically motivated attacks to conquer farmlands and mineral-rich lands that we have seen for years\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJournalists are subjected to death threats if they continue to monitor the truth and some of them have been illegally detained.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Journalists are subjected to death threats’<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Dar Masalit Union previously explained<\/a> that the Rapid Support Forces attacks in El Geneina are a continuation of former janjaweed* attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* The\u00a0RSF, established\u00a0by the Al Bashir regime<\/a>\u00a0in August 2013,\u00a0grew out of the\u00a0<\/em>janjaweed\u00a0militant groups, largely made up of Arab herding tribes<\/em>men in Darfur<\/em>. The janjaweed were armed by the Sudanese government since the war broke out in the western region in 2003, and\u00a0are held responsible for the\u00a0genocide against Darfuri farmers<\/a>\u00a0and other non-Arab\/African groups.<\/em><\/p>\n