ALBAWABA - The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate released a statement on December 10 confirming the killing of journalist Hanan Adam in Al Jazirah state.
The syndicate revealed that the Sudanese journalist Hanan Adam and her brother Youssef were "brutally" killed at their house in Al Jazirah state amid the ongoing civil war in the country.
The death of Hanan Adam raises the journalists' death toll since the start of the war in Sudan to 15 people. In addition, the syndicate's monitoring devices documented more than 500 violations against male and female journalists since the outbreak of war in Sudan.
It wrote on X: "In a new crime, the Rapid Support Forces killed the journalist at the Ministry of Culture and Information in Al Jazirah state and the correspondent for Al-Maidan newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Sudanese Communist Party, 'Hanan Adam' and her brother, 'Youssef Adam,' in their home."
In the statement, the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate condemned, "in the strongest terms," the killing of the Sudanese journalist and her brother. It further "extended its deepest condolences to her family and bereaved relatives, and holds the Rapid Support Forces fully responsible for the killing of journalist Hanan Adam in a flagrant violation of all laws."
Sudanese have been living in a blackout due to the interruption in communication and internet services amid the violence that has been ongoing in the country since April 15, 2023, and the continuous fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo generally referred to as "Hemedti".
The Syndicate has called for the restoration of the internet to "open the eyes" of the world about the injustice the Sudanese people are experiencing amid the bloody war which according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group, has killed over 61,000 people in Khartoum state since April 15.
According to humanitarian organizations and aid workers, the non-stop conflict in Sudan has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis, stressing that many thousands are on the brink of famine.
