War Torn South Sudan Cracks Down: Media Rights

http://news.yahoo.com/war-torn-south-sudan-cracks-down-media-rights-093336470.html;_ylt=A0LEV0IbZttUYVEAIC5x.9w4


Journalists are under pressure because of newspapers that are being closed down and reporters who are being attacked in southern Sudan. Because of the Civil war which is ongoing in the country. tens of thousands of people have died, and people who are a part of rights groups have warned journalists that securities have put restrictions on what they can and cannot publish.In the Sudanese capital, five journalists were caught in an ambush. On February 3rd, a Sudanese newspaper, known as The Nation Mirror, was shut down because they had published an article about anti-governance. The article in the newspaper stated that the war troops had receded from the border of Renk, which caused tension to arise. Another newspaper, the Juba Monitor, was also a part of conflict. In one of their published articles, a journalist reported that the war was caused because of ethnic divisions. CPJ or the Committee to Protect Journalists said that the security forces did not have any legal rights to shut down theses newspapers. Along with the ethnic divisions incident, the Juba Monitor was also involved with another conflict. A reporter, by the name of Athiang John, was beaten by crowds, because he was researching about a recent attack. The CPJ have requested the authorities to continue to let The Nation Mirror continue to publish, but they have yet to receive any response from the information ministry. In December 2013, war broke out under President Kiir, when he accused his past deputy of attempting to be reckless. Sudan, the youngest nation of the world, has yet to overcome this Civil war.

This article showed me that people living in a newly developed country not only have to fight for their rights in the world, they also have to fight for their rights in their own country. Despite being in a larger conflict, smaller conflicts arise when a country wishes to become independent. While people may be fighting for the same cause, different viewpoints of the cause may influence people to try to force others to see they way they do. Every person has a different opinion, and by expressing it, one may be dragged into something they did not think possible.

I learned that viewpoints on a larger scale may be the same, but as the topic of interest becomes less and less broad, the viewpoints begin to differ greatly, and people lash out to get what they want.