Sudanese security forces have arrested the head of the Al Jazeera office in Khartoum Al Jazeera News

El Musalmi El Kabbashi was arrested by security forces after searching his house, the channel said.

Al Jazeera condemns the arrest of the head of the Sudanese office by security forces in the capital Khartoum, and demands his immediate release.

El Musalmi El Kabbashi was arrested by security forces after searching his house one night.

No reason has been given for his arrest.

“Al Jazeera strongly condemns the military’s reprehensible actions and calls on the authorities to release El Kabbashi immediately and to allow his journalists to act without hindrance, to allow their profession to act without fear or apprehension,” the Doha catalog said. in an appearance on Sunday.

“The network makes the Sudanese military authority responsible for the safety of all its personnel,” Al Jazeera said.

“In a world where the media and journalists are facing increasing threats, Al Jazeera sees it as an attack on press freedom, and calls on international human rights and media organizations to condemn this violation of journalists’ security, ”the statement said.

This is not the first time the Sudanese authorities have targeted Al Jazeera. In 2019, security forces closed the Khartoum chain’s office and stripped the country’s network reporters of their work permits.

The arrest of El Kabbashi against protesters against the coup in Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman has been experienced by security forces after bullets and tear gas were killed and at least five people were killed.

Security forces also attacked a hospital in Omdurman and arrested several injured people, according to doctors.

On Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital and elsewhere to protest last month’s coup.

Demonstrators are also opposed to the creation of a new governing council this week by the head of the army, which excluded any representative from the Alliance of Freedom and Civilian Forces for Change.

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who led the military takeover on October 25, re-appointed himself head of the Sovereign Council on Thursday.

The military was to be handed over to the body’s civilian leadership in the coming months.

Western countries have called on the army to repel its coup.