South Sudan: Journalist to Appear Before Court for Photographing Military Areas

17 November 2014

Khartoum — A Sudanese journalist by the name of Aisha el-Samani will appear in al-Nuhood court in West Kordofan state on November 26th to face charges under article (57) of the criminal law relating to entering and photographing military premises.

On July 4th, police arrested el-Samani, who works for the English language daily newspaper Citizen, near al-Nuhood prison where the leader of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party (SCP), Ibrahim al-Sheikh, had been jailed for criticizing a government militia.

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