Sudanese journalist Osman Shabouna banned from working by the NISS
Name(s):
Osman Saeed Mohamed Ahmed Abdelmailk (also known as Osman Shabouna)
Status:
Free
Year of birth:
1973
Profession:
Journalist
Nationality:
Sudanese
Sudanese journalist Osman Shabouna has been banned from working in the country since December 2016 by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS).
Since December 2016, Shabouna has been banned from working as a journalist in Sudan by the NISS. The NISS threatened the newspaper Shabouna worked for with the confiscation of their issues should they publish any article he has written.
Shabouna has been summoned repeatedly by the NISS since 2000 and has been prevented from working for several newspapers for periods ranging from six months to two years.
| Name(s): |
Osman Saeed Mohamed Ahmed Abdelmailk (also known as Osman Shabouna)
|
| Status: |
Free
|
| Year of birth: |
1973
|
| Profession: |
Journalist
|
| Nationality: |
Sudanese
|
Sudanese journalist Osman Shabouna has been banned from working in the country since December 2016 by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS).
Since December 2016, Shabouna has been banned from working as a journalist in Sudan by the NISS. The NISS threatened the newspaper Shabouna worked for with the confiscation of their issues should they publish any article he has written.
Shabouna has been summoned repeatedly by the NISS since 2000 and has been prevented from working for several newspapers for periods ranging from six months to two years.
Timeline
December 17, 2018: MENA Rights Group, Arab Coalition for Sudan, and Arab Media Crisis Network request intervention of UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
December 2016: Banned from working as a journalist by the NISS.
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