EPA condemns the militia’s kidnapping of a famous journalist

The Sudanese Electronic Press Association (EPA) condemned, in the strongest terms, an armed force affiliated with the rebel Rapid Support militia which. kidnapped our colleague Tariq Abdullah from his home in the Haj Youssef area in Khartoum Bahri and took him to an unknown destination.

A statement issued by the EPA affirmed the Rapid Support Forces shoulder the safety of Tariq and demanded his immediate release

The EPA statement affirmed that the militia’s kidnapping of fellow journalist Tariq Abdullah comes within the framework of continuing its approach of targeting journalists, terrorizing them, intimidating them, and preventing them from practicing the profession.