The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the decision of a Sudanese court to sentence a journalist to one month in prison for reporting on the alleged rape of a female opposition activist by members of the country’s security forces. Fatimah Ghazali was jailed on Tuesday, 5 July, freelance journalist and human rights advocate Abdelgadir […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the recent attacks on two radio stations, the detention of a journalist, and the ongoing trials against at least eight others in Eastern Africa. Local Somali radio stations Codka Hiiraan and Dhusamareb were seized on 22 June, and the editor of the latter was detained briefly on the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Sudanese authorities to drop criminal charges against at least five journalists who have published articles regarding the alleged rape and torture of a female youth activist while in the custody of security services. Journalist Omar el Garrai and the editor of Ajras Al-Hurria newspaper Abdallah Sheikh were in […]

As I kiss my baby before he falls asleep every night, my thoughts always return to Abdelrahman. My colleague has a boy the same age as mine, and a girl of two years old. But he hasn’t kissed them goodnight for two weeks now. Abdelrahman was arrested on October 30 by the security services in […]