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Reem Abbas

Reem Abbas is a Sudanese freelance journalist based in Khartoum and an award-winning blogger. She currently contributes to www.theniles.org. On Twitter: @ReemShawkat

People look at burning cars during protests over fuel subsidy cuts in Khartoum September 25, 2013. At least 27 people have been killed in protests in Khartoum over fuel subsidy cuts, a medical source said on Thursday as another bout of the worst unrest seen in Sudan's relatively well-off central regions for years broke out in its biggest port. Thousands had marched in Khartoum on Wednesday, torching cars, buildings and petrol stations. Picture taken September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL

Sudan protest victims still seeking justice

People look at burning cars during protests over fuel subsidy cuts in Khartoum September 25, 2013. At least 27 people have been killed in protests in Khartoum over fuel subsidy cuts, a medical source said on Thursday as another bout of the worst unrest seen in Sudan's relatively well-off central regions for years broke out in its biggest port. Thousands had marched in Khartoum on Wednesday, torching cars, buildings and petrol stations. Picture taken September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL

Sudan Protests Continue Amid Violence

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Sudan Nile Dam Threatens To Drown Nubian Villages

Journalists carry banners depicting journalist Faisal Mohamed Saleh during a demonstration against violations of the security services to the press and journalists outside the Council of the Press and Publication, Khartoum May 16, 2012. The banners read, "Journalist Faisal Mohamed Saleh is a symbol of professionalism and objectivity". Saleh was detained and grilled for hours about his interview after he criticised Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Al Jazeera television for calling the rulers of Sou

Proposed Sudan Media Law Targets Press Freedom

An inmate rests his hand on the bars of a prison controlled by the SLA/Mini Minawi in Shangle Tubaya village in north Darfur October 18, 2010. According to the U.N, the prison currently houses four inmates, who share a cell and are given food twice daily. Of the four, some have been jailed for several weeks without having a trial or legal representatives. Picture taken October 18, 2010. REUTERS/UNAMID/Albert Gonzalez Farran/Handout (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Sudan Activists Languish in Jail