On Sunday January 16, doctors protested against attacks on hospitals by security forces during the demonstrations. And civil society calls to take to the streets again this Monday, January 17 to protest against the military regime while the authorities withdrew, on Saturday, the accreditation of Al Jazeera Mubasher, one of the channels of the Qatari group. As well as those of two of its correspondents on the spot. Specialized in broadcasting live events, making images at all, without commentary, the channel had followed the anti-coup demonstrations in recent months. Demonstrations repressed in blood, which have killed 64 people to date. The Ministry of Information on Saturday denounced in a letter an “unprofessional” coverage of events in Sudan on the Al Jazeera channel.
With our correspondent in Nairobi, Albane Thirouard
To justify its closure, the Ministry of Information accuses the Qatari television channel of media coverage that ” tears apart the Sudanese social fabric “. And, in doing so, harms the interests of the country and its national security “.
Decision strongly denounced
A decision that was strongly denounced. The US Embassy in Khartoum on Sunday called him ” step back for press freedome”. It’s a “ intimidation according to Al Jazeera, who called on Twitter for the authorities to allow his team to return to work. The network of Sudanese journalists denounces a ” continued harassment of journalists ” aiming to ” smother the truth “.
Other attacks on the press
This is not the first attack on the press since the October 25 coup. Already in mid-November 2021, Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Khartoum had been detained for three days. Without any charge. At the end of December, two Saudi television journalists were also briefly detained. And another channel’s office had been raided by officers, its teams beaten up and its equipment seized.
Several journalists have also since reported being arrested or attacked while covering anti-coup protests.
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