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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AFPSudanAlert1.3.jpg750499Washington D.C., January 4, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Sudanese authorities to release at least three journalists who have been detained in recent days after publishing columns in support of ongoing, widespread anti-government protests that have included calls for President Omar al-Bashir to resign.