Amal Habani
Amal Habani | |
|---|---|
| Born | Amal Khalifa Idris September 19, 1974 |
| Nationality | Sudanese |
| Education | Master of Media Studies |
Amal Khalifa Idris Habani (Arabic: أمل خليفة إدريس هباني; born September 19, 1974) is a Sudanese journalist.
Background and education[]
Amal is a freelance journalist and contributor to the Sudanese news outlet Al-Taghyeer. She is the co-founder of the local independent press freedom group Sudanese Journalists Network, based in Khartoum. She has repeatedly been harassed and detained by Sudanese authorities in connection with her coverage of protests and official wrongdoing.[1][2][3]
Social work[]
Habani is a journalist and a human rights activist. She is the co-founder of the Sudanese women's movement NO for Women Oppression,[4] a social initiative established in 2009 that calls for change in Sudanese laws that discriminate against and target women in Sudan.
Awards[]
- Habani received the Human Right Activist Award with the NO for Women Oppression Initiative in 2014 from the EU mission in Sudan.[citation needed]
- Habani has received recognition for her courageous opposition outside of her country: in 2014, Amnesty International awarded her the prestigious Ginetta Sagan Prize.[5]
- In 2018 Habani was among the journalists described as "The Guardians" who were named Time Person of the Year in an annual issue of the United States news magazine Time.[6]
Arrests[]
Habani as part of her journey to document human rights violations was arrested on 16 January 2018 near Jamhuria Street for being part of a public demonstration addressing the prices of goods and the economic crisis facing Sudan.[7]
Habanni was arrested in 2017 in connection with her coverage of a trial of a human rights organization accused of "publishing false reports". After refusing to pay the fine and preferring to be jailed Habani was released after a crowdfunding campaign raised the funds. In 2013, she was detained for days in an undisclosed location after she reported critically on the police response to protests in Khartoum.
References[]
- ^ "These Are the Muslim World's Bravest Journalists". Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit (in German). Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ Avenue, Committee to Protect Journalists 330 7th; York, 11th Floor New; Ny 10001. "Amal Habbani, Sudan - Awards". cpj.org. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Amal Habani". Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "RSF calls for journalist Amal Habani's immediate release | Reporters without borders". RSF. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- ^ "Amnesty International USA Honors Sudanese Journalist Amal Habani with Annual Award for Women's Human Rights Defenders". Amnesty International USA. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ "Person of the Year 2018". Time. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ مجاهد, يقول (2018-02-02). "أمَل هباني سيرة كفاح في سبيل الحرية". صحيفة التغيير السودانية , اخبار السودان (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-01-08.
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- Living people
- Sudanese activists
- Sudanese women activists
- Sudanese journalists
- Sudanese women journalists
- 1974 births