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Nhial Bol of Citizen Newspaper
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Two newspapers in South Sudan say the government has stopped
their operations in an apparent crackdown on the independent media.
Nhial Bol, editor of the
Citizen newspaper, said agents from the National Security Services on Monday
ordered him to stop printing because of recently published articles urging the
president to sign a peace deal with rebels. Wazir Michael, editor of
the Arabic language Al Rai, said they closed down his paper on Saturday after
accusing one of his employees of traveling to Kenya to join the rebels.
Tom Rhodes of the
Committee to Protect Journalists said the space for critical journalism has
been shrinking in South Sudan since the outbreak of an armed rebellion.
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