Kurdish unrest not based on Government sources or which "threaten law and order". Under the decrees, on 27 June the director of a popular newsweekly was sentenced to 25 years, the editor of a magazine was awaiting trial, and both publications were banned. Censorship, closure of newspapers and dismissal of journalists 24. The Committee to Protect Journalists documented more than 50 confiscations or bannings of publications during 1989. Since the coup in Sudan on 30 June 1989, the military Government closed down virtually all non-government controlled newspapers and magazines. The Government regularly suppresses information about human rights abuses, such as the massacre of 2,000 civilians by militia and governmental troops in Jabalain in December 1989. Government suppression of information on famine and the spread of AIDS has resulted in massive violation of economic and health rights. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/25 page 5 25. At least eight periodicals were closed in Viet Nam during 1988 and 1989 for violating publishing laws. Editors of at least another six publications were forced into early retirement. 26. In Kosovo province, Yugoslavia, the Albanian-language radio and television station was occupied and closed on 5 July 1990 and all 1,400 employees were dismissed. On 5 August, the major Albanian-language newspaper was closed. Restrictions on freedom of movement 27. The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that some 55 working journalists were expelled from countries during 1989, the bulk of them from China (12), Comoros (16), Ethiopia (3), Romania (3), and Sri Lanka (6). Journalists were also expelled from and denied entry to Afghanistan, Botswana, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Grenada, Israel and the Occupied Territories, Myanmar, Nicaragua, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Singapore, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 28. The major method by which Governments are able to keep journalists from 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the suppression of information and freedom of the press, highlighting instances of censorship, closure of newspapers, and expulsion of journalists by governments. This suggests that the category is related to the freedom of expression and the role of media in society.

**Category**
Human rights, Culture