7 March 2011

Alert

Three journalists freed, five others still detained


Incident details

Release

Khalid Tawfig, Journalist
Ashraf Abdelaziz, Journalist
Altahir Ibrahim, Journalist

This is available in:

English Français
(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders notes that Khalid Tawfig, a graphic designer employed by the opposition weekly "Al-Midan", was finally released on 28 February 2011. He had been arrested along with five other members of its staff on 2 February.

Two senior staff members of the opposition daily "Rai Al Shaab", editor Ashraf Abdelaziz and senior political reporter Altahir Ibrahim, were released on 6 February after being detained for a year.

Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of the five other journalists still detained in Sudan: "Al-Midan" trainee journalists Mohamed Aldirderi and Samir Salaheldin, "Al-Midan" reporter Abdelazeem Albadawi, Gafar Alsabki Ibrahim of "Alsahafa" and Abuzar Al Amin of "Rai Al Shaab".

Source:

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
@rsf_rwb
 

Stay on top of free expression news.

Sign up to receive the weekly IFEX Communiqué.


More on this case

Editor freed on bail, still facing death penalty 25 August 2011 Contrived legal proceedings mounted against journalists 30 June 2011 Court imposes prison sentences on three "Rai Al Shaab" journalists 19 July 2010 Journalists' defence lawyers pull out of trial over witness ban 28 June 2010 WiPC concerned by detained editor's reports of torture 27 May 2010 Sudan shutters opposition paper, arrests three journalists 18 May 2010

Related stories on ifex.org

Three employees of opposition weekly freed, three others still held without charge 15 February 2011

Sudan

Repression intensifies after border violence 18 May 2012 Journalist detained; newspapers confiscated 9 May 2012 IPI condemns newspaper confiscations 26 March 2012 Newspaper suspended indefinitely, three other papers' print runs seized 27 February 2012 Security forces seize independent daily's entire print run 21 February 2012 See all alerts: Sudan


 
IFEX is a global network of committed organisations working to defend and promote free expression.
Permission is granted for material on this website to be reproduced or republished in whole or in part provided the source member and/or IFEX is cited with a link to the original item.