[Montréal, Québec, Canada 26°C] Media freedom since southern Sudan’s January referendum has been less than stellar. A few examples of the repression of press freedom since the referendum include: 1) The arrest of The Citizen newspaper, Editor-in_Chief, Nhial Bol for reporting about an attack on him and his driver; and the beating by security forces [...]
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Voting Begins in Sudan Despite Rigging Accusations and Boycott
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 10°C] Today is election day in Sudan, the first of three days of polling. It is the first multi-party elections in Sudan since 1986, three years before the 1989 coup-d’état that brought Omar al-Bashir’s National Islamic Front – NIF (later renamed the National Congress Party – NCP) party to power. It has [...]
Liberty FM and Bakhita Radio fight censorship in Juba
by Marvis Birungi coutresy SudanVotes While my report highlights attacks on journalists over these historic forthcoming national election period, media assaults have been aplenty in the region over many years. This is caused usually by officials being ignorant of rules or codes of conduct in post conflict peaceful times. Most people in this country have known [...]
People Counting: 6200 at Montréal demonstration for Gaza
[MONTRÉAL] In many cities across Canada, demonstrations were held yesterday in support of the people of Gaza and the end of the Israeli bombardment of the coastal Palestinian territory. Based on the media representations of the various protests, including Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Montréal‘s was the biggest in the country. But exactly how many people were [...]
