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CATEGORY: Sudan
Internet shutdowns: Sudan’s censorship tool of choice
The African state regularly blocks access to the web when protests flare up and the recent military coup is no different
Worst countries for restrictions on religious freedom
Some of the worst countries for religious freedom are Burma, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China, Eritrea, Iran
Sudanese civil society calls for change to US digital technology sanctions
Campaign argues that current policy hinders Sudanese citizens’ free access to knowledge and information online, as well as tools like crowdsourcing and crisis mapping, writes Dalia Haj-Omar
Regime repression stifles Sudan’s net freedom
Sudan has widespread and affordable internet access – the problem is the oppressive regime, writes Dalia Haj-Omar
Sudan’s government silences press through ownership
The two most influential independent newspapers in Sudan, Al-Sahafa and Al-Kartoum, have recently been bought by the National Intelligence
Security Service. Zeinab Mohammed Salih reports
Sudan blacks out internet to hide brutal suppression of protests
Peaceful protests in Sudan have led to an ongoing violent government crackdowns and internet blackout – Dalia Haj-Omar reports
Sudanese woman risks flogging for refusing to pull up headscarf
As activist and engineer Amira Osman prepares to go on trial on Thursday, Dalia Haj-Omar looks at the Public Order laws punishing Sudanese women for ‘indecent’ clothing and behaviour
Sudan censors target columnists
Khartoum authorities are barring critical journalists from writing, says Zeinab Mohammed Salih
Darfur – The desperate hours
Darfur’s agony can be ended. It needs Sudan’s government and Darfur’s rebel leaders to make the right choice, today. The African Union’s “Darfur Peace Agreement” is not only a good deal on paper, but is workable on the ground. If those leaders sign...