Sudan: Paramilitary Group Kidnaps, Demands Ransom for Sudanese Journalist

New York — Armed men affiliated with the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took freelance journalist Aladdin Abu Harba from his home in the East Nile region of Khartoum, an area under RSF control, on Friday, August 23, and detained him in an unknown location, according to news reports and a local journalist who spoke with CPJ on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal.

They initially demanded a ransom of one million Sudanese pounds (US$400); after receiving it, they…