The National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) recently instructed newspapers in Sudan to refrain from publishing any statements or activities from rebel groups in the country. Although Sudan's constitution protects the freedom of the press, several pro-opposition papers have been confiscated during circulation and cheif editors of large newspapers are forced to sign "journalistic code of conduct" documents stating that they are to use "self-censorship and refrain from publishing materials harmful to the state." On Wednesday the NISS confiscated copies of the pro-government paper Akhbar Al-Yawm after it published statements by Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement which is fighting the government in Darfur. The newspaper made no comment about the confiscated newspapers or what had transpired.
by Gina Fazio
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