In the Khartoum International Book Fair: Campaign of Publications Confiscation by the Sudanese Authoritiesandnbsp;andnbsp; The Khartoum International Book Fair of the year 2015- “the eleventh Session” - which was opened on the 17thandnbsp;of October 2015, witnesses a campaign confiscation of publications by the Sudanese authorities.andnbsp;andnbsp; The confiscation of the publications has been implemented by (the classification of books administration), where at least six publications were confiscated from the books showroom, starting from the 18thandnbsp;of October and the following days.
andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp; The six confiscated publications were published byandnbsp;“Awraqandnbsp;Publication and Distribution House” an Egyptian publication house. However,andnbsp;Awraqandnbsp;PDH confirmed the confiscation of the six publications by saying that “the authorities banned selling and distribution of the followings:
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1- A Novel byandnbsp;Mohamed Khair Abdallaandnbsp;namedandnbsp;“Sira Qaziraandnbsp;“.
2- A Novel byandnbsp;Mubarakandnbsp;Ardolandnbsp;namedandnbsp;“Saaie Alryal Almagdood”.andnbsp;
3-andnbsp;A Novel byandnbsp;Ihab Adlanandnbsp;namedandnbsp;“andnbsp;Asful Qaaa Almadina”.andnbsp;andnbsp;
4- A Novel byandnbsp;Asmaa Osman Al-shaikhandnbsp;namedandnbsp;“andnbsp;Bostan Alkhouf”andnbsp;.andnbsp;
5- A Novel by Mohamed Badawi Mustafa namedandnbsp;“andnbsp;Souk Aldaara Almosanaaa”.
6- Another Novel by Mohamed Badawi Mustafa namedandnbsp;“andnbsp;Hul Akhta Alsalafandnbsp;“andnbsp;.
andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp; It was found that five government officials were in charge of the seizing of the books for the Khartoum International book Fair.andnbsp;andnbsp; In response to the confiscation of the six novels, the government official said: “the confiscated publications were violating the law “Art Work Act”/ “Qanoun Almosanafat Aladabiya “.andnbsp;andnbsp; Journalists for Human Rights – JHR – can confirm that another four books are still under security screening, and their distribution is waiting for a clearance from the authorities.
andnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp; JHR confirmed, too, that a confiscation of books and publications has been a common practice and an ongoing phenomenon for many years by the authorities. And this clear violation of freedom of opinion and freedom of expression and publication.andnbsp;andnbsp;
andnbsp;| Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) calls upon all those concerned (individuals/groups/ institutions) in monitoring, documenting and reporting violations, to communicate withandnbsp;JHRthrough various methods available including via e-mail:andnbsp;[email protected] |
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Journalists for Human Rights – JHR
Saturday, the 24thandnbsp;andnbsp;of October 2015 |
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