Security Confiscates Citizens Newspapers South Sudan security agents confiscated copies of the Citizens Newspapers of Wednesday December 11, 2013, an official said. 11 December 2013
By Waakhe Simon Wudu *JUBA – 11 December 2013 [Gurtong] -* The Citizens Newspaper’s Deputy Editor-In-Chief Victor Keri Wani told Gurtong that the security officers, seven in number with others armed stormed their premises at around 6:00am local time and took away with them “bulk” of the papers. Keri said there was no reason given by the officers for the action. “They have not told us the reason,” Keri said. The Citizens authority is still negotiating with the security on the release of the papers at the time of the press. Keri however, suspected the arrest of the papers was compelled by an article the Citizens Newspaper ran talking about arrest of their Editor-in-Chief, Nhial Bol on Tuesday at about 2:30pm. Later on Tuesday, Nhial Bol told press he was arrested by security and released on his lawyer’s request after being detained for hours. His arrest was allegedly linked to a recent story ran on his paper regarding the arrest of two of his Television journalists, one of whom was a lactating mother. This new wave of attack on the media is worrisome unless dialogue is reached between the security and the media practitioners. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx>, Media News<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/129/Media-News.aspx>, Featured Stories<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/137/Featured-Stories.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14op38G3hMEkExSc6u9vCR9mGhobti2YJWjAbkpGt2jM9KQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
