110 violations recorded by the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate during the year

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The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate published today its annual report, which covers crimes, violations and transgressions against journalists and press freedoms during the year 2024.

The Freedoms Secretariat of the Syndicate recorded 110 violations during the year, and said that the number reflects only a small part of the extent of the suffering experienced by journalists.

The total number of violations monitored by the Syndicate since the outbreak of the war on April 15, 2023, amounted to 509 documented cases.

According to the report, the number of deaths during the past year amounted to 16 journalists and media workers, including 3 female journalists, while the total number of assaults since the outbreak of the armed conflict amounted to 20, including 5 female journalists.

There were 3 cases of physical assault and injury, including one female journalist, and the total number of assaults was 11, including 4 female journalists during the war period.

Journalists, both male and female, were subjected to gunfire on the streets or in their workplaces or to the bombing of their homes. The number of journalists who were subjected to such incidents was 5, including one female journalist, while the total number of incidents of this type was 33, including 11 female journalists.

40 journalists, including 6 female journalists, were subjected to enforced disappearance, arrest and detention during the past year, and the total number of enforced disappearances was 69, including 13 cases involving female journalists.

5 journalists, both male and female, were subjected to armed robbery incidents last year, and the total number of armed robbery incidents since the outbreak of the war was 32, including 3 cases involving female journalists.

The Syndicate monitored 6 reports published during two years, and the Syndicate said in its report that they are used as a means to intimidate journalists and silence their voices.

It also monitored 9 new threats to the media and press freedoms, including amending the General Intelligence Service law and organized campaigns accusing journalists of bias towards one side of the war.