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 Re: سلمى الورداني تتحدث عن الثورةواعتقالها وظروف الصحافة في السودان (ف (Re: Osama Mohammed)
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June 26, 2012, 7:55 PM
Sudan Deports Egyptian Journalist and Detains Bloggers as Protests Continue
By ROBERT MACKEY
Sudanese protesters chanted “Freedom!” in a video uploaded to YouTube by activists who said it was recorded on Sunday at the University of Khartoum.
Updated | Wednesday, 7:18 a.m. CAIRO — Sudan deported an Egyptian journalist and briefly detained another prominent blogger on Tuesday, as the authorities attempted to stifle a protest movement that started last week. The demonstration came after President Omar Hassan al-Bashir announced spending cuts and austerity measures, like reducing fuel subsidies and raising taxes.
Salma El Wardany, a journalist who has been reporting on the protests for Bloomberg News, said in a brief telephone conversation with Agence France-Presse from the airport in Khartoum, the capital, that the authorities had ordered her to leave.
Sudanese activists, including the nonviolent youth movement Girifna, or “We’re Fed Up,” have called for mass protests against the government on June 30.
Girifna Media@girifna
Those protesting on #June30 around the world for#SudanRevolts please remember we have concrete DEMANDS:girifna.com/blog-girifna/d…
27 Jun 12
According to a series of updates posted on Twitter by her sister, Lina, Ms. Wardany was first informed that she was being deported when she went to renew her press accreditation on Tuesday. After she was initially denied permission to pack before leaving, she was then allowed to collect her things, but only under guard.
Lina El Wardani@linawardani
Sudanese authorities agreed that she packs but sends security guards with her @S_Elwardany being deported now It looks ugly
26 Jun 12
Lina El Wardani@linawardani
@S_Elwardany in the airport now, not allowed to talk or tweet, kept in security office till boarding on the first flight to Egypt
26 Jun 12
Lina El Wardani@linawardani
Sudanese government has the right not to allow @S_Elwardanyto stay in Sudan but treating her like a criminal or fugitive is not accepted
26 Jun 12
As the Egyptian blogger and journalist Mohamed Abdelfattah noted, several Sudanese Internet activists thanked Ms. Wardany for her work as she was being forced to leave the country.
Moez Ali@his_moezness
A huge shout out to @S_Elwardany for shaking the corridors of power in #Sudan. We are forever indebted. #SudanRevolts
26 Jun 12
Hamid Murtada K. K.@HamidMurtada
@S_Elwardany Thank u for everything & sorry about everything. Very soon Sudan will be free, & we will invite u for ur tribute #SudanRevolts
26 Jun 12
mishmish@mishmishhh
@S_Elwardany u did a mighty good job in scaring them,insha'allah,you'll be back soon! I salute u as a Sudanese & as a woman!!!#SudanRevolts
26 Jun 12
In addition to filing reports for her news agency, Ms. Wardany, 26, has also used YouTube and Twitter to report on the protests and make contact with the Sudanese Internet activists who have helped to expand the protest movement to several cities.
Video of the security forces using tear gas to disperse protesters in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, shot by Salma El Wardany last week.
Salma Elwardany@S_Elwardany
Just called @simsimt his phone is no more turned off, but he's not picking up, anyone knows what's going on? #Sudanrevolts
23 Jun 12
As a result of her work, Ms. Wardany was first detained for several hours last Thursday, along with a Sudanese activist and blogger, Maha El-Sanosi, during a protest in Khartoum. The two women were released later that day, as Egyptian activists and bloggers rallied outside Sudan’s embassy in Cairo.
Protesters rallied on Thursday outside the Sudanese embassy in Cairo, demanding the release of an Egyptian journalist detained that day. (Video: Robert Mackey/The New York Times)
On Tuesday afternoon, Ms. Sanosi, who writes on Twitter as Mimzical Mimz, went to the airport in Khartoum to try to say goodbye to Ms. Wardany.
Mimz@MimzicalMimz
In case anything happens to me since I was ordered by NISS to cut ties w/ @S_Elwardany I'm headed 2 airport now in an attempt to say goodbye
26 Jun 12
Late Tuesday night, several Sudanese activists reported on Twitter that Ms. Sanosi, who had reported on the arrest of activists for the Web site Global Voices three days ago, had herself been arrested in a raid by the security forces.
Dalia Haj-Omar@daloya
URGENT: @MimzicalMimz is being taken from her house now by NISS #SudanRevolts #FreeMaha
26 Jun 12
Four hour later — after this post was originally published — Ms. Sanosi reported on Twitter that she had been released, but without her computer and phone.
Mimz@MimzicalMimz
This is getting old :) I am fine,12 NISS officers raided my house,2 armed, confiscated phone/laptop, took me to NISS premises, summoned 2mrw
27 Jun 12
Mimz@MimzicalMimz
They will never break me. Thanks for the support. I am okay.
27 Jun 12
By deporting Ms. Wardany and arresting several activist bloggers, the authorities seem to be trying to contain the protests by shutting down news sources and communication networks used by the protesters.
As the blogger and activist who writes as Sudanese Thinker, Amir Ahmad Nasr, explains in a post on the uprising for Foreign Policy, the authorities are aware of the importance of the Internet to the protest movement.
As with neighboring countries, social media and on-the-ground citizen journalism has been absolutely critical in getting important footage, pictures, and stories out to the world. Under the Twitter hashtag #SudanRevolts, Sudanese anti-government, pro-democracy netizens have curated the news coming out of the tightly controlled country while fending off the regime’s “electronic jihad” trolls. This is all the more important because the few available independent media outlets in Sudan are small and heavily suppressed.
Mr. Nasr also writes that the authorities singled out young activists for brutal punishment last year, when they attempted to join the wave of uprisings sweeping the Arab world:
Just take the case of Safia Ishaq, a member of the nonviolent youth resistance movement Girifna: In 2011, after the small Jan. 30 student-led protests inspired by Egypt and Tunisia, she was arrested for her activism and brutally gang-raped by three officers from Bashir’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), the well-financed and notoriously abusive enforcers responsible for suppressing dissent and protecting the ruling party.
In the past, Sudan’s authorities have also attempted to quell protest movements by smearing the activists. In 2009, a pro-government newspaper described protesters as “homosexuals and whores.”
Marwa@btnafas7oria
ALWIFAQ Sudanese newspaper headline " Homosexuals and whores protesting in Khartoum" #SudanRevoltspic.twitter.com/IxN39dRa
26 Jun 12
One of the activists who was detained last week, Usamah Mohamad, who writes on Twitter as simsimt explained why he was taking part in the protest movement despite the risks, in a YouTube message recorded for Al Jazeera just before his arrest.
A video message posted on YouTube on Thursday by Usamah Mohamed, a Sudanese activist who was later detained.
The frequency with which Internet activists are now being arrested has led some to see the protests scheduled for June 30 as crucial, to demonstrate that anger at the government is widespread.
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