Sudanese Journalists Form Independent Union to Defend Freedoms
Campaigners said was an important step towards re-establishing freedoms after a military coup
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Campaigners said was an important step towards re-establishing freedoms after a military coup
Unions played a large role in toppling former leader Omar al-Bashir, but have been sidelined since the military coup.
KHARTOUM: Sudanese journalists have formed the country’s first independent professional union for decades, in what campaigners said was an important step toward re-establishing freedoms after a military coup. “The victory is to regain our syndicate after more than 30 years in order to defend the freedom and professionalism of the press,” said one journalist Waleed Alnour, who
Campaigners said the formation of Sudan's first independent professional union in decades was an important step towards re-establishing freedoms after a military coup.
Sudanese journalists defend freedom by forming union. The union has 1,164 members, 659 of whom took part in Sunday’s vote.