Another woman journalist jailed for reporting rape allegations in Sudan
Sudan Tribune Sudanese female journalist in a protest against censorship (FILE) 25 Jul 2011 16:01 Africa/Lagos Sudan / Another woman journalist jailed for reporting rape allegations PARIS, July 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Amal Habani, a woman reporter for the daily Al-Jarida, was today sentenced to a fine of 2,000 pounds (600 euros) or a month in jail for reporting a woman activist's claims that she was raped by members of the security forces. As Habani refused to pay the fine, she was immediately taken to Omdurman women's prison, northwest of the capital, to begin serving the jail sentence. Photograph of women protesting against rape in war torn Sudan. Credit: Rights Monitoring Organization . Habani was convicted by Judge Modather Al-Rasheed of the Khartoum media court, who fined her editor, Saadeldin Ibrahim, 5,000 pounds (1,500 euros). Agence France-Presse quoted her lawyer as saying they were found guilty of publishing false information and violating jour...