SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – UNITAMS slates Sudan military newspaper for hate speech

19/4/2022: Multiple sources – UNITAMS slates Sudan military newspaper for hate speech

• Radio Dabanga

• Sudan Tribune

The UN Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) called on the Sudanese coup regime to hold accountable hate speech promoters in response to the provocation of an inflammatory article by Colonel Ibrahim al-Houri, the editor-in-chief of the Sudan Armed Forces newspaper which issued calls for “jihad” against UNITAMS head Volker Perthes.

UNITMAS tweeted that: “demonising public or private figures, and inciting against them is a conduct of hate crimes that societies and authorities have interest in holding its perpetrators to account, without delay.”

Al-Houri also shared a similar article by Sudanese journalist Ali Mansour Hasaballa who alleged that US and UK diplomats in Sudan, alongside pro-democracy figures in the Forces of Freedom and Change coalition (FFC), are interior agents working to break down Sudan. 

It was the first time that the army newspaper attacked western countries since former president Omar al-Bashir was ousted.