Sudanese journalist jailed for reporting rape women’s rape claim

Published: Thursday, July 07, 2011

A journalist has been jailed for a month by a court in northern Sudan after she reported the claim by youth activist Safiya Eshaq that she was raped by Khartoum security forces (see WVoN story).

Fatima Ghazali, a reporter at the Sudanese daily Al-Jarida, was convicted of publishing lies and ordered to pay a $600 fine or face imprisonment.

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