{"id":767,"date":"2024-07-25T16:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/?p=767"},"modified":"2024-07-25T16:46:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:46:30","slug":"cpj-calls-for-release-of-arrested-sudanese-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldentimessouthsudan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/cpj-calls-for-release-of-arrested-sudanese-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"CPJ calls for release of arrested Sudanese journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Members of the Sudan Armed Forces in Khartoum, Sudan. | File Photo|.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Committee to Protect Journalists issued a press statement calling on the Sudanese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release freelance journalist Omar Mohamed Omar, who was arrested on July 17 by the General Intelligence Service of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and allow members of the press to work safely and freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are alarmed by reports that the military intelligence arrested journalist Omar Mohamed Omar last week. Arresting journalists for their work at a time of war is a clear indication of the Sudanese Armed Forces\u2019 attempt to prevent coverage of the ongoing war,\u201d said Yeganeh Rezaian, CPJ\u2019s Interim MENA Program Coordinator, in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSudanese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Omar and allow journalists to report on the war in Sudan without fear of getting arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Intelligence Service officers arrested Omar, also known as Wad Abukar, from his home in al-Obeid, the capital of the North Kordofan state in the south of Sudan, according to the reports, a statement by the local press freedom group the Sudanese Journalists Network, and a local journalist, who spoke with CPJ on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omar\u2019s arrest came after he criticized the governor of North Kordofan on his personal Facebook page for the lack of services and the worsening water crisis in the state due to the civil war that broke out between the SAF and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, according to those sources. Since the beginning of the war, journalists have been killed, arrested, harassed, and sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sudanese Journalists Network condemned Omar\u2019s arrest, calling it a violation of human rights laws and international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPJ\u2019s emails to the SAF requesting comment on Omar\u2019s arrest did not receive any replies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Sudan Armed Forces in Khartoum, Sudan. | File Photo|. 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