SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudanese journalists denounce army accusations

21/7/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sudanese journalists denounce army accusations

 Radio Dabanga reports that the Sudanese Journalists Network (SJN) strongly condemns a verbal attack on journalist Adil Kolor by army officer Major General Amin Ismail.

 In a televised discussion about Sudan’s military dealing with weapons and explosives during Omar al-Bashir’s regime, Kolor spoke about the 1998 US missile attack on al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Bahri, and alleged Israeli airstrikes between 2009-2014 targeting Iranian arms smuggled through Sudan to Gaza.

 Accusing Kolor of terrorism and warning him to not reveal such military details again, Ismail said an official complaint would be filed against Kolor concerning the disclosure of military secrets.

 The SJN said “these threats are not different from the targeting of journalists [during al-Bashir’s regime]”. The SJN also confirmed complaints by the Sudanese Armed Forces against journalists and activists on the basis of “the defective Information Law” and “an attack on the civil freedoms in the country”.