The Sudanese National Publication
and Printing Council (SNPPC) informed the management of al-Midan Arabic-daily on
Thursday that it is no longer banned from publication and that they can resume
issuance and immediately, said al-Tareeq, an independent online paper.
According to a letter from the SNPPC
to the paper, “The Secretary General of the Press Council contacted with the “relevant
authorities” (Security), and that they responded to his queries that the
security apparatus has not banned (al-Midan), but it was stopped issuance “based
on the publisher's decision”, during the period of security censorship on the
press, which was lifted last May”.
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Al-Midan, which is the official
newspaper of the Sudanese Communist Party, has been suspended from publication
since May 2012.
The Sudanese Constitutional Court yesterday
cancelled an order by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS)
that shut down the al-Tayar Arabic-daily which has been out of circulation for
more than a year and a half.
The latest Reporters without
Borders Press Freedom Index ranked Sudan at 170th place out of a total of 179
countries in terms of press freedom.
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