Sudanese authorities should immediately release freelance journalist Amal Habbani and cease confiscating newspapers, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. All the other journalists were released, according to news reports. NISS previously filed lawsuits against Habbani, who writes for local newspapers including Hurriyat and Sudanile, and, in 2013, banned her from travel outside Sudan, CPJ documented at the time. “Our newspaper is well read, but the confiscations are a major obstacle.”Sudan has repeatedly confiscated newspapers that publish information on the recent spate of anti-government protests, CPJ has documented. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Source: The North Africa Journal January 30, 2018 07:18 UTC