Sudan - Government uses repeated seizures to harass newspapers

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the government's policy of harassing and intimidating the media. In the past few weeks, the intelligence services have repeatedly and arbitrarily seized newspaper issues or ordered newspapers to stop publishing, without giving any reasons. There have been at least seven confiscations since the start of 2014 and there were more in the preceding months. The latest closure order came on 26 January, when the Arabic-language daily Al-Jareeda was told to stop (...)

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