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Journalist released from detention

    NAIROBI

    Sudanese journalist, Alfred Taban, was released from detention on Tuesday afternoon, after being held without charge for nearly a week. Taban, chairman of the board of Sudan's main English daily, 'Khartoum Monitor', also worked for Reuters news agency and the BBC. A Reuters official confirmed that Taban had been released, but that no details of his experience were yet known other than the fact Taban had told Reuters that he was "fine".

    Taban had been arrested and held by State Security Authority after he tried to attend a news conference by church leaders in Khartoum last Wednesday, following the cancellation of an Easter ceremony on April 10. More than 50 Christian protesters - almost all from the predominantly Christian south - convicted of taking part in the demonstration against the government order were flogged, church leaders said. The Sudanese government said the order had been necessary for security reasons.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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