{"id":20131772,"date":"2026-05-03T15:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20131772"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:48:13","slug":"sudans-media-mark-world-press-freedom-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudans-media-mark-world-press-freedom-day","title":{"rendered":"Sudan\u2019s media mark World Press Freedom Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the world and Sudanese media mark World Press Freedom Day 2026<\/a>, Sudan is in the midst of a war that has entered its fourth year with no clear horizon to stop it, with journalists continuing to be targeted by all parties to the conflict, and restrictions on freedom of expression and access to information. Under these extremely complex circumstances, journalists face high risks and deteriorating economic conditions inside and outside the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite grave risks, repeated violations and restrictions on journalistic work, Sudanese journalists continue to carry out their professional mission with courage and responsibility, by monitoring and documenting violations and reporting the suffering of civilians in one of the most difficult environments for journalistic work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The past period has witnessed a significant escalation in violations against journalists, including killings, arrests, threats, and incitement campaigns in newspapers, websites and social media, in addition to displacement, arbitrary dismissal, confiscation of work tools, and restrictions on freedom of expression and access to information, in clear violation of international conventions that guarantee freedom of the press and the protection of journalists during conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201885 per cent of crimes committed against journalists go uninvestigated and unpunished: an unacceptable level of impunity\u2026\u2019 \u2014 UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n

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United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres (Photo: UN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On this year\u2019s celebration, themed Shaping a Peaceful Future<\/a><\/em>, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres notes that “people often say that in war, truth is the first casualty,\u201d lamenting that \u201cacross the globe, media workers risk censorship, surveillance, legal harassment \u2013 and even death\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres underscores: \u201cRecent years have seen a sharp rise in the number of journalists killed \u2013 often deliberately targeted \u2013 in war zones,\u201d while highlighting that \u201c85 per cent of the crimes committed against journalists go uninvestigated and unpunished: an unacceptable level of impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEconomic pressures, new technologies, and active manipulation are also putting press freedom under unprecedented strain. When access to reliable information erodes, mistrust takes root. When public debate is distorted, social cohesion weakens. And when journalism is undermined, crises become far more difficult to prevent and resolve,\u201d Guterres says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018All freedom depends on press freedom. Without it, there can be no human rights, no sustainable development \u2013 and no peace\u2026\u2019 \u2014 UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll freedom depends on press freedom. Without it, there can be no human rights, no sustainable development \u2013 and no peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres concludes by appealing to the world: \u201cOn this World Press Freedom Day, let us protect the rights of journalists, and build a world where the truth \u2013 and truth-tellers \u2013 are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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