Sudan holds largest national journalist

A senior Sudanese editor, who heads the main journalists' union, has been arrested, the union said on Thursday, calling on Sudanese army leaders to release him or bring him to justice.

The detention of Sadiq al-Rizaigi took place while the army had announced the arrest of a senior general, several security officers and Islamist leaders following an attempted coup d'etat. State missed announced earlier this month.

The Sudanese Journalists' Union has called on the ruling Transitional Military Council to "immediately release" its leader, Rizaigi, a prominent Islamist and editor-in-chief of Al-Sayha newspaper, or to try him.

A senior Rizaigi journalist told AFP that security forces had taken him away from the newspaper's premises.

"We do not know where he is being held or the reasons for his detention," said Awad Jad Al-Sayid, editor-in-chief for Al-Sahya.

On Wednesday, the army announced several arrests in connection with a failed coup d'état attempt.

He said he had arrested General Hashim Abdel Mottalib, the Chief of Chiefs of Staff and several officers of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), as well as leaders of the Islamic Movement and the Congress Party. national.

On July 11, the army announced that she had foiled an attempted coup without specifying when.

The Sudanese media also announced that General Bakri Hbadan Saleh, former first vice-president and prime minister, was a key figure in the 1989 coup that brought overthrown President Omar Al-Bashir to power.

Ali Karty, former foreign minister, and Zubair Ahmed Hbadan, former finance minister, were also arrested, according to reports.

In the three decades of Bashir's rule, the press has been severely restricted, according to media activists.

NISS agents have regularly repressed journalists or confiscated full newspapers for publishing articles deemed critical of Bashir's policy.

A media monitoring body Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recorded at least 100 cases of journalists arrested during the months of protests that ultimately led to the ouster of Bashir in April.

RSF ranks Sudan 175th out of 180 countries in its 2019 World Press Freedom Index.

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