Sudan: State Blocks Publication of Daily Newspaper

23 October 2011

Khartoum — A Sudanese newspaper was prevented from publishing its Sunday edition by the country's security authorities, in their latest assault against media freedom.

Sudan targets local newspapers both morally and financially through a variety of measures including censorship and confiscation despite the fact that the country's constitution guarantees press freedom.

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