Sudanese security confiscates another newspaper over ISIS-related story
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June 30, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security
Services (NISS) on Tuesday seized print runs of al-Siyasi newspaper
from the printing house without giving reasons.
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Members of Sudanese Journalists Network (SJN) hold banners outside the
National Council for Press and Publication (NCPP) premises in Khartoum
in protest against repeated seizure of newspapers, on May 26, 2015 (ST
photo)
Several journalists working for the newspaper told Sudan Tribune that
NISS did not inform them of the reason behind the confiscation.
However, the Editorial Director of al-Siyasi, Hussein Hassan, said
that the Editor-in-
Chief of the newspaper, Mustafa Abu Al-Aza’m, discussed in his daily
column on Monday the issue of the college students who ran off to join
the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
According to local press reports, twelve Sudanese college students
have secretly flown on Friday night to Turkey to join ISIS.
The students are enrolled in the University of Medical Sciences and
Technology (UMST) owned by the Khartoum state health minister Mamoon
Humaida.
NISS on Monday seized copies of al-Jareeda and al-Tayar newspapers for
publishing stories which stated that the daughter of the foreign
ministry spokesperson Ali al-Sadig was among the students who joined
ISIS.
NISS recently intensified its crackdown on press in the country
accusing them of crossing the red lines through publishing reports
which adversely impact the national security.
On 25 May, it seized copies of 10 newspapers from the printing press
without giving reasons. In a similar move last February, it also
seized print runs of fourteen newspapers.
Sudan’s constitution guarantees freedom of expression but laws
subordinate to the constitution such as the National Security Forces
Act of 2010 contains articles that can be potentially used to curtail
press freedom and instigate legal proceedings against newspapers and
individual journalists.
Sudanese journalists work under tight daily censorship controls
exercised by the NISS.
Journalists say that NISS uses seizures of print copies of newspapers,
not only to censor the media but also to weaken them economically.
(ST)
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