Sudan must end clampdown on media

Headline Title: Sudan: End clampdown on media 15 May 2012 The Sudanese authorities must halt the ongoing harassment of independent media, Amnesty International said after a prominent journalist was re-arrested and copies of a national newspaper seized in Khartoum on Tuesday.Faisal Mohammed Saleh, a columnist with several national newspapers who has reported in 2011 on the alleged rape of an activist by National Security Service (NSS) agents, is currently being held by the NSS.Meanwhile copies of national newspaper al-Midan were confiscated at the printing press today for the fifth…

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