Dozens of Sudanese journalists protested for an end to censorship on Monday outside the offices of a respected newspaper whose editor was suspended by national security agents, a protester said. <\/p>\n
\"No to censorship,\" said a sign carried by the group of about 70 journalists who gathered outside the Al-Sahafa newspaper offices, the protester said. <\/p>\n
Security forces did not intervene. <\/p>\n
Al-Nour Ahmed Al-Nour, chief editor of the daily, said last week that agents of the powerful National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) told him he had been suspended -- a rare action against such a prominent journalist. <\/p>\n
He said the decision appeared to be linked to a dispute over censorship, which journalists say the NISS continues to impose. <\/p>\n
Reporters and press freedom advocates have complained that some Sudanese journalists were banned from writing and that NISS agents regularly block the distribution of papers. <\/p>\n
Other newspapers have been suspended from publishing, but Nour is the first chief editor to be removed. <\/p>\n
The incident prompted Sudan's government-run press council on Sunday to issue its strongest statement in years. <\/p>\n
The council, which licenses newspapers and registers journalists, accused the NISS of interference and called on authorities to disband the press body if it cannot function. <\/p>\n
Journalists on Monday also delivered a message to the press council, asking for an end to censorship and for Nour to be reinstated, the protester said. <\/p>\n
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