Reporters Without Borders: rights abuses against Sudan journalists

Reporters Without Borders condemned a campaign of harassment that Sudan’s security forces are waging against journalists in an attempt to silence media criticism. At the request of security authorities, the attorney general questioned three journalists who had drawn attention to the mistreatment of human rights activists — mistreatment that included cases of rape. “The collusion between the attorney general’s office and the security forces is unacceptable,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard said. “What gives them the right to dictate to the judicial authorities the investigations they should conduct? This is yet another example of a determination to gag the press and curb free expression. Nothing should be allowed to prevent the media from covering human rights violations in Sudan, which continue to be extremely worrying.”Read more (source: reporters without borders)