Sudan on Tuesday suspended the work of Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya, Al Hadath and the UAE-owned Sky News Arabia channel “due to [their] lack of commitment to the required professionalism and transparency and failure to renew [their] licenses”, the Sudanese state news agency (SUNA) said. The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate condemned the decision by the information ministry, saying it was a clear violation of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. “Closing satellite channels and restricting those working in the profession would silence the voice of the professional media, a…