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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sudan has overhauled a law that led to rape victims being put on trial for adultery, a crime punishable by jail, flogging or even stoning. The change comes a ...
(New York) - Sudan's parliament should make major changes to a draft press law to ensure that it protects ... including strict media registration rules, vague reporting prohibitions, a National ...
February 9, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – Reversing the ban on issuing ... the Director of the Passports and Immigration Department. “A change in the law and the restricted lists regulations is ...
Journalists attend a briefing on new media laws approved by South Sudan’s president ... He said citizens needed to be inspired to effect change, rather than experiencing a sense of helplessness ...
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese authorities on Wednesday ordered telecoms to block access to social media for at least ... depicted violate our local laws and pose a significant threat ...
It was last updated on 17 April 2023 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says journalists in Sudan are "working ... local and international media organisations, and punitive laws have been enacted ...
South Sudan issued a social media ban for at least 30 days on Wednesday, following concerns over the spread of footage depicting violence against South Sudanese in Sudan. The ban was communicated in a ...
Sudan has an active ... control over the media, often stifling alternative voices while creating hegemonic narratives. Political control over the media has also been strengthened through legislation, ...
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 14 April 2025. At least ten Sudanese exile media outlets have been founded or have continued to operate since Sudan’s civil war began two years ...
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s controversial security legislation allowing the arrest of people without warrants has become law even though the president has not signed it, parliament ...
Government of Southern Sudan. (GoSS) is dealing appropriately with the suspect in the latest crime. But to earn the confidence of the international community as a country where the rule of law is ...