Articles - Sudan
23 May 2012
Sudan
Clashes with South Sudan stoke crackdown on dissent
In the wake of recent fighting with South Sudan, IFEX spells out five key ways that Sudan has stepped up its crackdown on critics.
11 April 2012
Sudan
Security services find new way of censoring critics
The Sudanese authorities have resorted to bankrupting the media as a new way of silencing dissent, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI).
7 September 2011
Sudan / South Sudan
Governments not delivering on promises of media freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomed President Omar al-Bashir's promise to free all jailed journalists detained in Sudan - but are wondering if he will actually deliver. Meanwhile, two months after independence, the media environment in South Sudan is undeveloped and ill-equipped, says ARTICLE 19.
13 July 2011
Sudan
Post-split, governments silencing voices
Just a few hours before South Sudan's independence, the popular Arabic daily "Ajras Al-Hurriya" and five English-language newspapers were suspended - a worrying start to the relationship between north and south, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and Index on Censorship.
2 February 2011
Sudan
Authorities tighten controls on press after anti-government protests, referendum
Although last month's Sudanese referendum was largely seen as a success, the authorities harassed, obstructed and censored local and international news media covering the vote, and are continuing their clampdown on free expression in the face of street protests that are rapidly spreading across the North African region, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
22 December 2010
Sudan
Activists and journalists arrested ahead of referendum
In the run-up to a January referendum on Southern Sudan's independence, Sudanese human rights defenders and critical journalists are being arbitrarily arrested and disappeared, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and other IFEX members. The regime is particularly hunting down Darfuri activists and journalists.
19 May 2010
Sudan
Opposition paper closed; journalists arrested
Sudanese authorities stormed the printing press of an opposition newspaper, confiscated copies of its 16 May issue, stopped the printing, and then arrested three of its journalists after raiding the newspaper's offices, report the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Violations against opposition political parties also took place during presidential and parliamentary elections in April, report the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS).
10 September 2009
Sudan
Journalist released from detention after being fined for wearing pants
A Sudanese journalist was convicted on 7 September of "sensational dressing" and jailed for wearing trousers, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and the International Press Institute (IPI). Protesters in support of Lubna Ahmed Hussein were beaten outside the court and reporters barred from the proceedings.
17 June 2009
Sudan
New press law will lead to "more suppression"
Sudan's approval of a new press law "is a severe strike" against press freedom in Sudan and is "paving the way for more suppression," says the Arabic Network of Human Rights Information (ANHRI). Other IFEX members, including the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), ARTICLE 19, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have also expressed concern about the law.
3 June 2009
Sudan
Journalists protest press law before parliament
Sudan's draft press law will seriously impede journalists' ability to access and disseminate information if passed, say Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). ARTICLE 19 and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have also expressed concern about the repressive provisions of the draft.
27 February 2009
Sudan
LE GOUVERNEMENT DÉCLENCHE UNE VAGUE DE RÉPRESSION CONTRE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION, DIT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
27 February 2009
Sudan
GOBIERNO ENCABEZA OFENSIVA CONTRA LIBRE EXPRESIÓN, DICE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
25 February 2009
Sudan
GOVERNMENT LEADS FREE EXPRESSION CRACKDOWN, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
The Sudanese authorities are censoring the media and cracking down on human rights activists and journalists who speak out on human rights and justice, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
21 November 2008
Sudan
DES JOURNALISTES SONT ARRÊTÉS LORS D'UN RASSEMBLEMENT CONTRE LA CENSURE
21 November 2008
Sudan
PERIODISTAS ARRESTADOS EN OPERACIÓN DE CENSURA
19 November 2008
Sudan
JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AT CENSORSHIP RALLY
Police in Sudan arrested more than 60 journalists during a protest against media censorship, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and news sources. Riot police armed with canes and shields rounded up the journalists outside parliament on 17 November and took them to a police station. Those detained were subsequently released.
20 December 2007
Sudan
UN AVOCAT SOUDANAIS REMPORTE UN PRIX DU PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN POUR LES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE
20 December 2007
Sudan
ABOGADO SUDANÉS GANA PREMIO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO
18 December 2007
Sudan
SUDANESE LAWYER WINS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
The European Parliament's top human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, has been given to a Sudanese lawyer working to defend human rights in Darfur.
27 April 2007
Sudan
PAS JUSTE UN « PAYS DE MASSACRES », CONSTATE RSF
27 April 2007
Sudan
NO SÓLO UNA "TIERRA DE MASACRES", ENCUENTRA RSF
24 April 2007
Sudan
NOT JUST A "LAND OF MASSACRES", RSF FINDS
The image of Sudan as home to the 21st century's first genocide and closed off to the world is misleading, a Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) fact-finding mission found.
28 September 2006
Sudan
OFENSIVA CONTRA PRENSA MIENTRAS AUMENTA CRÍTICA EN DARFUR
15 September 2006
Sudan
LA PRESSE EST LA CIBLE DE RÉPRESSION TANDIS QUE LES CRITIQUES DE LA SITUATION AU DARFOUR PRENNENT DE L'AMPLEUR
13 September 2006
Sudan
CRACKDOWN ON PRESS AS DARFUR CRITICISM MOUNTS
Freedom of the press in Sudan has been heavily curtailed in the past month amidst renewed international criticism of the Sudanese government over the human rights crisis in Darfur. A journalist has been murdered, two foreign reporters charged with espionage and several local journalists harassed and beaten by police, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
19 October 2005
Sudan
ARTICLE 19 ANIMERA AU SOUDAN DES TABLES RONDES SUR LA LIBRE EXPRESSION
19 October 2005
Sudan
ARTICLE 19 ENCABEZA MESA REDONDA SOBRE LIBRE EXPRESIÓN EN SUDÁN
13 October 2005
Sudan
ARTICLE 19 LEADS SUDAN ROUNDTABLES ON FREE EXPRESSION
ARTICLE 19 will be facilitating two roundtable meetings in Northern Sudan in December 2005 to help media professionals and civil society organisations produce policy positions on freedom of expression and set priorities for media development.
23 July 2005
Sudan
UN DESTELLO DE ESPERANZA PARA LA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA
22 July 2005
Sudan
LUEUR D'ESPOIR POUR LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE
19 July 2005
Sudan
A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR PRESS FREEDOM
Sudan's President, Omar Hassan Al Bashir, has lifted a state of emergency following the signing of a new constitution, a move greeted with cautious optimism by journalists in the country, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontiers, RSF).
22 April 2005
Sudan
ARTICLE 19 FAIT LA PROMOTION DE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION DANS LE PROCESSUS DE PAIX
22 April 2005
Sudan
ARTICLE 19 PROMUEVE LIBRE EXPRESIÓN EN PROCESO DE PAZ
20 April 2005
Sudan
ARTICLE 19 PROMOTES FREE EXPRESSION IN PEACE PROCESS
As Sudan moves slowly toward peace after 21 years of war, ARTICLE 19 is playing an active role in placing freedom of expression on the redevelopment agenda. The IFEX member has drafted a media policy that will feed into discussions between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM), which are taking place as part of a peace agreement signed in January 2005.
21 January 2005
Sudan
LES MÉDIAS VONT JOUER UN RÔLE ESSENTIEL DANS LE PROCESSUS DE PAIX
21 January 2005
Sudan
MEDIOS JUGARÁN PAPEL CRUCIAL EN PROCESO DE PAZ
19 January 2005
Sudan
MEDIA TO PLAY CRUCIAL ROLE IN PEACE PROCESS
Media in Sudan will have a crucial choice to make following the signing of a January 2005 peace accord between the Sudanese government and southern rebels, says ARTICLE 19. The IFEX member says media can help to inform the public about the peace agreement and facilitate public participation and reconciliation. Or they can pander to elements within the main opposing camps by fueling tensions and deepening existing divisions.
26 November 2004
Sudan
UN JOURNALISTE REMPORTE LA PLUME D'OR DE LA LIBERTÉ
26 November 2004
Sudan
PERIODISTA GANA PREMIO PLUMA DORADA DE LA LIBERTAD
24 November 2004
Sudan
JOURNALIST WINS GOLDEN PEN OF FREEDOM AWARD
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has awarded its 2005 Golden Pen of Freedom to Sudanese journalist Mahjoub Mohamed Salah, calling him a "pioneer and hero for the independent press." The announcement comes amidst a news blackout that is preventing the world from seeing the true story about human rights atrocities in Sudan.
24 April 2004
Sudan
APAGÓN INFORMATIVO OCULTA LAS ATROCIDADES DE DARFUR
23 April 2004
Sudan
L'EMBARGO SUR LES NOUVELLES MASQUE LES ATROCITÉS COMMISES AU DARFOUR
21 April 2004
Sudan
NEWS BLACKOUT HIDING DARFUR ATROCITIES
In Sudan, where one of the world's worst human rights crises is unfolding, no news has become bad news. While government-supported Arab militias wage what the United Nations calls a "scorched earth" campaign against an estimated 870,000 people, most of them civilians, Sudanese authorities have imposed a news blackout, report Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
8 August 2003
Sudan
MIEMBROS DE IFEX DENUNCIAN OFENSIVA CONTRA LA PRENSA
8 August 2003
Sudan
DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX S'EN PRENNENT À LA RÉPRESSION DE LA PRESSE
6 August 2003
Sudan
IFEX MEMBERS ASSAIL CRACKDOWN ON THE PRESS
A growing number of IFEX members are calling attention to press-freedom violations in Sudan, where a renewed government crackdown on independent newspapers is having what Human Rights Watch calls a "chilling effect on the country's entire news business."
11 July 2003
Sudan
L'IMS PUBLIE UNE ÉTUDE PRÉLIMINAIRE SUR LES MÉDIAS AU SOUDAN
9 July 2003
Sudan
IMS RELEASES BASELINE STUDY ON SUDANESE MEDIA
International Media Support (IMS) has recently published the first comprehensive assessment of Sudan's media and its role in the war-torn country's peace process. Written by a team of international media consultants, who worked closely with local media experts from Northern and Southern Sudan, the 87-page report provides base-line information on all types of media in Sudan and on the conditions under which media work. It also contains strategic and detailed suggestions for immediate media development work relevant to peace building in Sudan.
11 February 2003
Sudan
L?IMS DÉPÊCHERA UNE MISSION D?ÉVALUATION DES MÉDIAS
11 February 2003
Sudan
IMS ENVIARÁ COMISIÓN DE EVALUACIÓN DE MEDIOS
11 February 2003
Sudan
IMS TO SEND MEDIA ASSESSMENT MISSION
International Media Support (IMS), the Danish organisation that provides rapid assistance to media in conflict-ridden countries, is seeking feedback on Sudan's media situation before it embarks on a mission to the war-torn country next month.
7 January 2003
Sudan
LA PRESSE INDÉPENDANTE SUBIT DES PRESSIONS CONSTANTES
7 January 2003
Sudan
PRENSA INDEPENDIENTE BAJO PRESIÓN CONSTANTE
7 January 2003
Sudan
INDEPENDENT PRESS UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE
For independent newspapers in Sudan, a year without censorship would be a good year indeed. This is a country where authorities censored the independent press more than a dozen times in 2002, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). The most recent case occurred on December 20 when three newspapers were seized after reporting on a rumour about contaminated food.
24 September 2002
Sudan
POUR AVOIR CRITIQUÉ LE RETRAIT DU GOUVERNEMENT DES POURPARLERS DE PAIX
24 September 2002
Sudan
MEDIOS ATACADOS DESPUÉS DE CRITICAR RETIRO DE GOBIERNO DE CONVERSACIONES DE PAZ
24 September 2002
Sudan
MEDIA TARGETED AFTER CRITICISING GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWAL FROM PEACE TALKS
Three newspapers and one journalist in Sudan incurred the wrath of the Sudanese government after they publicly chastised it for withdrawing from peace talks in Kenya with rebel forces, report Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and Human Rights Watch (HRW).
20 August 2002
Sudan
L?IMS ENTREPREND DE SOUTENIR DES MÉDIAS INDÉPENDANTS
20 August 2002
Sudan
IMS INICIA APOYO A MEDIOS INDEPENDIENTES
20 August 2002
Sudan
IMS INITIATES SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA
International Media Support (IMS), a Danish organisation that provides rapid assistance to journalist groups in conflict areas, has recently issued a report recommending several initiatives to support freedom of expression in Sudan. Coming on the heels of a 2-11 June mission to the country, the report notes four areas where IMS will undertake initiatives.
27 November 2001
Sudan
TREINTA PERIODISTAS ARRESTADOS
27 November 2001
Sudan
TRENTE JOURNALISTES ARRÊTÉS
27 November 2001
Sudan
THIRTY JOURNALISTS ARRESTED
Thirty journalists and other employees of the independent Sudanese newspaper "Al Watan" were detained by authorities last week, following a protest against the government's censoring of a story on corruption, report the Network for the Defence of Independent Media in Africa (NDIMA) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF). The journalists were arrested on 22 November after they marched to the offices of the Information Ministry where they protested the government's ban. They were released later that evening, according to RSF sources.
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