Preparatory Committee for Restoration of Sudanese Journalists Syndicate described the closure an extension of practices of the authorities toward journalists. 64 demonstrators have been shot dead, fatally wounded by tear gas canisters or excessive blows. The journalists’ committee denounced growing hostility toward journalists covering demonstrations in the past couple of weeks. It pointed to forces in 4-wheel drive vehicles attempting to run over reporters covering demonstrations near the palace week…called journalists and media institutions to take a unified position and coordinate professional solidarity in defense of freedom of press. Editor-in-chief of El Jareeda said freedom of the press is deteriorating rapidly, in particular after GIS was given authority to detain civilians during the State of Emergency. Sudanese Journalists’ Forum UK condemned the hostility of military and pointed to journalist detained while covering Marches charged with inciting chaos, released on bail; trial date has not been set. Photographers for Chinese news agency Xinhua were detained and questioned for hours by the military. Al Jazeera
