Tweet [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 [...]
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Southern Sudanese Media: Free? Sort of…
Tweet by Boboya Simon Wudu, courtesy SudanVotes At a gathering to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, journalists in Southern Sudan stressed the importance of a free and independent media in a region that will become the world’s newest nation on 9 July. Oliver Modi, chair of the Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS), [...]
Press Freedom Deeper in Limbo After Newspaper Seizure in Southern Sudan
Tweet by Boboya Simon Wudu, courtesy SudanVotes The confiscation of the bi-weekly Juba Post by Southern Sudanese authorities has lifted the lid on legal uncertainties for independent media in the emerging nation. When security officials seized up to 2,500 copies of the Juba Post’s March 31 edition, the reason given by authorities was an article reporting that [...]
