Following reports by the newspaper on the expulsion of internally displaced persons from a camp in Khartoum and closing of the daily newspaper The Khartoum Monitor, The Juba Post was shut down by the government and three of its reporters were jailed on the charge of being "illegal journalists."
Efter at avisen kritiserede udvisningen af nogle internt fordrevne fra en lejr i Khartoum lukkede den uafhængige avis The Khartoum Monitor, og avisen blev lukket ned af regeringen og tre af dens journalister er blevet fængslet under anklagen om at være illegale journalister.