Committee to Protect Journalists - South Sudan tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2013-03-13T22:22:57Z Movable Type 4.38 Attacks on the Press: Oil, Money, and the Press tag:beta.cpj.org,2013://1.20491 2013-02-14T05:05:54Z 2013-03-13T22:22:57Z New oil deals drive optimism, but the public knows little about the details. By Tom Rhodes... Committee to Protect Journalists New oil deals drive optimism, but the public knows little about the details. By Tom Rhodes

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]]> In South Sudan, two journalists detained in Wau tag:cpj.org,2013://1.20868 2013-01-04T21:28:00Z 2013-01-07T18:02:24Z Nairobi, January 4, 2013--Authorities in South Sudan have been holding two state broadcast journalists without charge since Tuesday, according to local journalists and media reports. The journalists were picked up in a sweep of arrests following protests and ethnic clashes last month in the northwestern town of Wau in Western... Committee to Protect Journalists Nairobi, January 4, 2013--Authorities in South Sudan have been holding two state broadcast journalists without charge since Tuesday, according to local journalists and media reports. The journalists were picked up in a sweep of arrests following protests and ethnic clashes last month in the northwestern town of Wau in Western Bahr el Ghazal State. 

]]> South Sudan should investigate columnist's murder tag:cpj.org,2012://1.20751 2012-12-05T22:04:21Z 2012-12-06T17:18:51Z Nairobi, December 5, 2012--Authorities in South Sudan should thoroughly investigate the murder of an online journalist, identify the motive, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists Nairobi, December 5, 2012--Authorities in South Sudan should thoroughly investigate the murder of an online journalist, identify the motive, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> Journalist detained in South Sudan for three days tag:cpj.org,2012://1.20475 2012-10-02T16:54:48Z 2012-11-12T15:04:08Z Security agents arrested Nasir Fazol, a reporter and printing technician for the independent daily Citizen, on September 5, 2012, and released him three days later without charging him, according to news reports.... Committee to Protect Journalists Security agents arrested Nasir Fazol, a reporter and printing technician for the independent daily Citizen, on September 5, 2012, and released him three days later without charging him, according to news reports.

]]> South Sudan security detains two journalists tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18080 2011-11-07T18:01:18Z 2011-11-07T23:29:35Z New York, November 7, 2011--Two South Sudanese independent journalists have been imprisoned since last week over a column critical of President Salva Kiir, according to local journalists and news reports. On November 1, South Sudan National Security Services (NSS) agents in the temporary capital of Juba arrested Peter Ngor,... Committee to Protect Journalists Two journalists were arrested over a story criticizing President Salva Kiir, for allowing his daughter to marry an Ethiopian national. (The New Sudan Vision)New York, November 7, 2011--Two South Sudanese independent journalists have been imprisoned since last week over a column critical of President Salva Kiir, according to local journalists and news reports.

On November 1, South Sudan National Security Services (NSS) agents in the temporary capital of Juba arrested Peter Ngor, editor of the private daily Destiny, and ordered the indefinite suspension of his newspaper for running an October 26 opinion article by columnist Dengdit Ayok, news reports said. The article, titled "Let Me Say So," criticized the president for allowing his daughter to marry an Ethiopian national and accused him of "staining his patriotism," news reports said. 

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