Sudan Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

A man mourns over the body of Palestinian media worker Ahmed Abu Mutair, killed in an Israeli strike in the town of Zuwaida in the central Gaza Strip on October 19, 2025., nine days after a ceasefire agreement took effect. (Photo: AFP/Bashar Taleb)

Press killings in 2025 equal record high of 126 killed in 2024

December 10, 2025 9:00 AM EST

New York, December 10, 2025一With more than three weeks still to go to the end of the year, the number of journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2025 already equals 2024’s record figures, data gathered by the Committee to Protect Journalists shows. Led by Israel’s attacks on journalists in Gaza, Iran, and Yemen, the…

Newspaper vendors chat on their way to sell newspapers in Juba, South Sudan. Recently, the South Sudanese government has attempted to restrict local newspapers' ability to cover the ongoing political crisis in neighboring Sudan. (Adriane Ohanesian/Reuters)

South Sudanese media regulator bars newspaper from covering Sudan crisis

January 18, 2019 10:05 AM EST

Nairobi, January 18, 2019–South Sudan’s state media regulator should immediately lift an order barring a privately-owned newspaper from covering protests in neighboring Sudan and issue a statement guaranteeing the media’s right to press freedom and editorial independence, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on January 5, 2018. The Sudanese government's decision to devaluate the local currency in January and rising bread prices sparked ongoing protests across the country. Sudanese authorities have arrested journalists after they report on these protests. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

Sudan detains local journalist, confiscates newspapers following reporting on protests

February 2, 2018 4:23 PM EST

New York, February 2, 2018–Sudanese authorities should immediately release al-Jarida reporter Ahmed Jadein, cease confiscating newspapers, and allow journalists to report on matters of public interest without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Sudan holds local journalist for 12 days, confiscates newspapers

January 29, 2018 4:41 PM EST

New York, January 29, 2018–Sudanese authorities should immediately release freelance journalist Amal Habbani and cease confiscating newspapers, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A street vendor waits for customers in Khartoum, Sudan on December 2, 2016. Akhbar al-Watan's editor, Hanady al-Siddiq, told journalists in a written statement that the government's recent confiscation of critical newspapers is likely related to the newspapers' coverage of rising food prices in the country. (Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

Sudanese authorities seize critical papers after reports on rising food prices

January 8, 2018 4:50 PM EST

New York, January 8, 2017–Sudanese authorities should stop seizing critical newspapers and allow journalists to report freely on matters of public interest without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, talks to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during their meeting in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. Sudanese authorities began confiscating all copies of four opposition newspapers after they reported critically on this meeting. (AP/Kremlin Pool/Mikhail Klimentyev)

Sudan targets newspapers, journalists with confiscations and draconian legislation

December 6, 2017 3:47 PM EST

New York, December 6, 2017–Sudanese authorities should stop confiscating newspapers and drop draft laws that would further curtail press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir addresses supporters during his visit to the war-torn Darfur region, in Bilal, Darfur, Sudan September 22, 2017. A Sudanese criminal court convicted an editor to six months in prison for publishing an article that accused Sudan's first family of corruption, according to news reports. (Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

Sudan jails al-Tayar journalist over article alleging corruption in president’s family

October 23, 2017 3:27 PM EDT

New York, October 23, 2017–Sudanese authorities should immediately release al-Tayar Editor-in-Chief Osman Mirgani from prison and drop all charges against him and al-Tayar columnist Mohamed Zine al-Abidine, the Committee to Protect journalists said today.