Lori Baitarian/CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Intern
Lori Baitarian, an intern in CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa Program, holds a BA in political studies from the American University of Beirut. Baitarian, who is from Lebanon, speaks Arabic, French, Armenian, and English.
Sudan passes freedom of information law but journalists remain wary
The Sudanese government has boasted that its freedom of information law, passed by parliament at the end of January, will increase transparency by giving citizens the right to access and publish public information. But with a long history of censorship and harassment from authorities, journalists suspect the law will be used as another way to…