Print runs of three Sudanese newspapers confiscated

The Sudanese Security Service confiscated the print runs of three newspapers on Tuesday. The Sudanese Organisation for the Defence of Rights and Freedoms reported to Radio Dabanga that the daily newspapers El Ayam, El Sahafa, and Alwan were confiscated in Khartoum.Faroug Mohamed Ibrahim, head of the Organisation, stated that the blocking of the press freedom confirms that the Sudanese government is insincere in its desire to engage in dialogue with all political forces, expressing his astonishment about the many contradictory statements by the government. He strongly denounced the continuous press curbs. “The Sudanese press is severely hindered in its reporting and briefing role, a role that it has been practicing since its inception more than a hundred years ago.” He stressed that the Sudanese journalists are working in a “repellent climate, in very harsh conditions owing to malicious communications and recurring summonses by the security service”. “The publishers of these newspapers are surviving in very complex economic conditions. The security service is engaged in an advertisement war, preventing particular newspapers from obtaining advertising revenue,” Ibrahim noted. File photo