Khartoum — The Sudanese Security Service on Tuesday confiscated three newspapers at the printing presses, El Ayam, El Sahafa, and Alwan. 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 by the Security Service in Khartoum on Tuesday. 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 a 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." He stressed that the Sudanese journalists are working in a "repellent climate, in very harsh conditions owing to malicious communications and recurring summoning by the security service".
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