SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga – More journalists, activists, protesters, including minors, held in Sudan

15/11/2021: Radio Dabanga – More journalists, activists, protesters, including minors, held in Sudan

Radio Dabanga report on the military’s nationwide repression campaign during the November 13 protests.

During the November 13 demonstrations, citizens were arrested in Omdorman (103), Khartoum (52, including 10 minors), Kassala (5), al-Gadarif (12), with an unspecified amount in Sennar, alongside 71 detained in Darfur since the 25 October coup.

The crackdown on journalists has also seen the arrest of Al Jazeera network’s bureau chief in Khartoum al-Musalmi Kabbashi, and Darfur 24’s Abdelmunim Madibo. Journalists Hamad Suleiman al-Khidr and Hozeifa Adel al-Jack were hit with rubber bullets and physically assaulted for covering the protests. Summoned by security forces for covering the protests were Mohammed Omar of Al-Jazeera Live and Ahmed Younes of Al-sharq al-Awsat. Al-Jazeera’s correspondent in al-Gadarif, Osama Sayed, was physically prevented from covering the protests.