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- A screen shot of a website blocked in Sudan (http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org)
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).
- Sunday 6 November 2011
PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION ASKING FOR NGOR TO BE RELEASED AND PASS THE LINK ON TO YOUR FRIENDS AND CONTACTS.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/release_ngor_garang/
November 5, 2011 (KHARTOUM) - Human Rights Watch and the Committee (...)
- Tuesday 17 May 2011
May 16, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Two Sudanese journalists have been arrested and interrogated for several hours by security authorities following their coverage of contentious elections in the country’s central state of South Kordofan, (...)
- Tuesday 6 September 2011
September 5, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan on Sunday blocked the publication of a paper affiliated with a major opposition party, in the latest assault against freedom of press by the country’s security authorities. (Photo taken from (...)
- Tuesday 8 November 2011
PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION ASKING FOR OUR COLLEAGUE NGOR GARANG TO BE RELEASED AND PASS THE LINK ON TO YOUR FRIENDS AND CONTACTS.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/release_ngor_garang/ AMDISS Regrets Arrest and Detention of Destiny (...)
- Thursday 8 November 2012
African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS)
(8 November 2012) The Government of Sudan must immediately investigate the arbitrary detention and torture of freelance Sudanese journalist Somia Ismail Ibrahim Hendusa, who was (...)
- Saturday 28 January 2012
Reporters Without Borders (http://www.rsf.org) Update
27 January 2012
ETHIOPIA
Two journalists sentenced to 14 years on terrorism charges
A week after being found guilty of participating in a terrorist organization and preparing a (...)
- Saturday 19 November 2011
November 18, 2011 (JUBA) – South Sudanese security services released today two journalists arrested 18 days ago without charges, one of the two detainees Peter Ngor Arol Garang told Sudan Tribune just after his release. Sudan Tribune (...)
- Tuesday 28 May 2013
May 27, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese media organisations are no longer covering stories critical of the government, specifically those relating to the security services and corruption, reporters and journalists say. South Sudanese men (...)
- Wednesday 30 May 2012
By Julius N. Uma
May 30, 2012 (JUBA) — The government of South Sudan has strongly denounced the US department of states report on human rights on the country and instead reiterated its commitment to protect the fundamental human rights (...)
- Sunday 19 May 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on US secretary of state John Kerry to address African leaders on the issue of press freedom in Africa during an upcoming (...)
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