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SOAT
Sudan Organisation Against Torture
SOAT Press Release: 18 November 2003
Al Ayam newspaper ordered to suspend publication
The state prosecutor for the Crimes against the State Office ordered, 16 November, Al Ayam newspaper to halt publication immediately following a complaint made against it by the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA has accused the newspaper of 'endangering the country's security, stability and religious and social cohesion'.
The director of the public information office of the NSA did not comment on the order but stated that ' the NSA’s main priority, while following the correct judicial procedures, is to protect the state’s interests and protect its citizens from defamation and offence caused by irresponsible reporting'.
Al-Ayam chief editor Mahjoub Mohamed Salih stated that the newspaper was not informed of the decision until Monday's edition was seized at the printing works. This has caused the newspaper substantial financial loss. In an interview Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, editor-in-chief of Al Ayam told Reporter without Borders that “this step clearly shows the determination to sink the newspaper financially; otherwise the management would have been informed before going to press.”
Background
The press’s freedom of _expression has been restricted on a number of occasions. The NSA has previously deployed this tactic of accusing a newspaper of acting against the state to halt the dissemination of information. For example, in September 2003 the Alwan newspaper was suspended by the Crimes against the State Office following NSA accusations that it spread deceptive information regarding government senior officials, the peace process and the unity of the country.
Also, Nhial Bol the former managing editor of Khartoum Monitor, Sudan’s only English language newspaper, had been forced to flee Sudan, 12 November, because of alleged threats by the NSA against his life. The Khartoum Monitor has been closed down by the NSA on four separate occasions in 2003.
President Omer Al Bashir officially ended press censorship in August 2003. However, the NSA has continued to impose restrictions on the media. Senior NSA officers have expressed their dissatisfaction with the presidential decree by continuing to restrict the media’s freedom of _expression.
SOAT condemns the continuing restrictions on freedom of _expression and urges the Government of Sudan to:
Compensate Al Ayam for loss of revenue caused by the arbitrary seizure of issues.
End restrictions on freedom of the press, and allow full and open reporting of, and comment upon the current peace negotiations.
Guarantee the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international human rights laws and standards.
The above recommendations should be sent in appeals to the following:
His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir
President of the Republic of Sudan
President's Palace
PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 24911 783223
Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Ministry of Justice
Khartoum, Sudan
Telegrams: Justice Minister, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +24911 788941
Mr Mustafa Osman Ismail
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan
Telegrams: Foreign Minister, Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +24911 779383
Mr Yasir Sid Ahmed
Advisory Council for Human Rights
PO Box 302
Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: + 24911 779173
His Excellency Ambassador Mr Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim
Permanent Mission of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva
PO Box 335
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Fax: +4122 7312656
E-mail: [email protected]
His Excellency Ambassador Mr Hassan Abdein
Cleveland Row
St James’s
London SW1A 1DD
Fax: +44 20 78397560
SOAT is international human rights organisation established in the UK in 1993. If you have any questions about this or any other SOAT information, please contact us:
SOAT
The Park Business Centre
Kilburn Park Road
London NW6 5LF
Tel: 020 7625 8055
Fax: 020 7372 2656
E-mail:[email protected]
Website: www.soatsudan.org
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Date |
| السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | Rakoba | 11-17-03, 08:06 PM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | Omer Abdalla | 11-17-03, 09:17 PM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | طارق اسماعيل | 11-17-03, 10:09 PM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | bunbun | 11-18-03, 01:28 PM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | abdelrahim abayazid | 11-18-03, 02:53 PM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | Elmosley | 11-18-03, 03:20 PM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | طارق اسماعيل | 11-19-03, 03:23 AM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | zumrawi | 11-19-03, 03:47 AM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | Deng | 11-19-03, 04:03 AM |
| Re: السلطات توقف صدور صحيفة الأيام الى اجل غير مسمى | omar ali | 11-19-03, 05:07 AM |
| هدية | خالد العبيد | 11-19-03, 09:39 AM |
| Re: هدية | abdelrahim abayazid | 11-19-03, 10:39 PM |
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abdelrahim abayazid
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