The Sudanese minister of information accused some satellite TV channels of fabricating unrealistic scenes about the protests in the country.
Due to unhappiness with the coverage of the ongoing protests, Sudanese authorities have withdrawn the work permits of foreign journalists working for the Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya TV satellite channels in the capital Khartoum, as well as the correspondents of the Turkish Anadolu news agency.
Security officials said that the work of those correspondents was subject to an evaluation by the relevant competent authorities which resulted in the withdrawal of their work permits, the Sudan Tribune reported.
A journalist working for the London-based Alaraby TV network was ordered to leave the country within 24 hours following dissatisfaction over his coverage of the protests, last year in December. Earlier this month, the Sudanese minister of information accused some satellite TV channels of fabricating unrealistic scenes about the protests in the country and promised to take decisive action.
“The malicious satellite channels seeking to provoke sedition are under surveillance,” Bushara Guma’a Aro warned, a notice that was aired by a number of media outlets.
Journalists in Sudan have also been harassed by security agents while covering the protests. Some have had their equipment confiscated and their pictures deleted, while others have been assaulted and arrested.
