RSF asks UN to seek Sudanese newspaper editor’s release

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) has asked the United Nations to intercede to obtain the release of a leading Sudanese newspaper editor who has been held for more than a month amid a continuing crackdown on Sudan’s media for daring to covering major anti-government protests.The editor of the independent daily Al-Tayar, Osman Mirghani is clearly paying for his criticism of the 12-month state emergency that President Omar al-Bashir declared on

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