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Sudan In the 2011-2012 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index Sudan was ranked 170 out of 179 countries.
South Sudan
In the 2011-2012 press freedom index Reporters Without Borders ranked South Sudan 111th out of 179 countries
In its July report, Reporters Without Borders stated that since secession South Sudan is “at a crossroads, wondering whether to behave differntly from Khartoum or give way to repressive instincts”.
The report added that South Sudan “is not currently prey to concerted and systematic harassment of its media," but that that "there has been a disturbing accumulation of incidents and isolated acts of repression or intimidation that end up undermining the climate in which journalists and media operate."
Many South Sudanese journalists are dissatisfied with the absecence of media legislation and say they are exposed to political attacks by the security services at the behest of senior politicians.
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PRESS FREEDOM INDEX 2011/2012
South Sudan, a new nation facing many challenges, has entered the index in a respectable position (111th) for what is a breakaway from one of the worst ranked countries, Sudan (170th).
- Tuesday 18 October 2011
October 17, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – A seminar organised by the Sudanese parliament on Monday to discuss proposed amendments to the country’s press law was rattled by an intensive debate about the practice of pre-publication censorship.
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- Sunday 24 May 2009
May 21, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — Reporters Without Borders and Sudanese lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman have joined to argue for amendments to be made to the draft press law currently going through parliament, saying passage of the law would (...)
- Thursday 10 January 2013
January 9, 2013 (WAU) - Western Bahr el Ghazal Governor, Rizik Zachariah Hassan, has accused a radio journalist of sabotaging the coverage of the 24 December visit of President Salva Kiir to Wau, alleging that some state media (...)
- Friday 26 August 2005
SOAT - Sudan Organisation Against Torture
Human Rights Alert: 25 August 2005 Freedom of Expression under threat in Red Sea State;
Harassments and threats to Beja Writer
On 7 August 2005, Security Officers from Sinkat, Red Sea (...)
- Friday 16 March 2012
March 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir for the first time addressed the recent crackdown by the authorities on several newspapers over the last few months saying that they have endangered national (...)
- Tuesday 13 November 2012
November 12, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council elections, a group of non governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world have jointly urged Ethiopia, a standing candidate, to demonstrate its commitment (...)
- Tuesday 12 August 2003
KHARTOUM, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir issued a decree on Tuesday lifting censorship by the security service of newspapers, after a recent pledge to increase political freedom in Africa’s largest country. (...)
- Friday 18 May 2007
May 17, 2007 (ISTANBUL) – A global network of media and editors urged Sudanese government to not obstruct the access of journalists to Sudan war-strife Darfur region and halt local media repression.
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- Friday 4 November 2011
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- Sunday 3 April 2011
April 2, 2011 (JUBA) — Southern Sudan security service seized the last issue of The Juba Post newspaper preventing its distribution in the capital of the South because it includes threats by a rebel spokesperson to attack Juba. (...)
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