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| Police arrests 60 journalists in Khartoum | |
| 2008-11-19 | |
| (SomaliNet) Police in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, have arrested 63 journalists who were protesting outside the parliament building against the country's strict censorship regime. Police moved to detain the journalists after they refused to disperse. Although the country's transitional constitution provides for freedom of the press and expression, the specific laws that would guarantee this have not yet been passed by parliament. Publications that criticise the government are still being banned. The constitution was adopted as part of the 2005 peace agreement that brought an end to Sudan's north-south civil war.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 There are sixty-three independent reporters in the Sudan? I don't know, this sounds like a wildcat strike at the Ministry of Truth to me. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-11-19 08:38 |
| #1 Hear NO Evil, See NO Evil, Speak NO Evil !! |
| Posted by: Tom- Pa 2008-11-19 07:17 |