Khartoum: Sudan’s new military government has revoked the license of the popular news TV channel Al Jazeera without allowing it to operate.
Al Jazeera TV According to the report Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based television network, has had its license revoked, accusing the live television channel of unprofessional coverage of protests against the recent military coup in Sudan.
Al Jazeera channel said in a tweet on Sunday that Sudanese authorities had announced that they had stopped approving Al Jazeera live broadcasts and that the channel’s team had been banned from operating in Sudan.
It should be noted that Sudan has been suffering from a political crisis since the October 25 coup by Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Following the military coup in Sudan, pro-democracy protests erupted. People facing military crackdown are demanding civilian rule in Sudan.
According to pro-democracy medical experts in Sudan, at least 64 protesters have been killed so far, and one police officer has lost his life.
Al Jazeera News Channel has given significant coverage to these demonstrations and also aired a TV interview of Army Chief Abdul Fattah Al Burhan at the end of last year.
Al-Jazeera bureau chief Muslim al-Kabashi was arrested in Khartoum a few days after his November interview. He was not officially charged, so he was released three days later.
Ibrahim al-Houri, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, later accused the news channel’s bureau chief of broadcasting false information and old video footage.
It should be noted that Sudanese military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had declared a state of emergency by overthrowing the democratic government and had taken the civilian leadership into custody.
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk was placed under house arrest, but was later reinstated as prime minister following an agreement reached with the military.
Later, on January 2, Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk resigned, warning that Sudan was at a “dangerous juncture” that would jeopardize its survival.
Army chief Abdul Fattah al-Burhan insists the move was not a coup but a paving the way for a transfer of power.