Sudanese security calls for withdrawing credentials of al-Jazeera office in al-Khartoum

The Sudanese national security department has called for the withdrawal of the license of al-Jazeera TV in Khartoum. The director of information section at the department said that he proposed a memorandum to the "national council for the press and printing" to ultimately pull out the licensie.

He explained that the memorandum included enough evidence on the violations of al-Jazeera office, which he described embarking on lies and distorting facts, in the items broadcast from Sudan.

The Sudanese security and police force broke into al-Jazeera office on December 17, 2003 and confiscated three cameras and live transmission equipment. The security forces in Sudan released al-Jazeera correspondent Islam Saleh at a personal guarantee one week after his detention.