3 June 2009

Alert

UNIVERSAL TV director kidnapped


Incident details

Kidnapping

Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, Journalist
(NUSOJ/IFEX) - The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the kidnapping of UNIVERSAL TV Director Ibrahim Mohamed Ali.

According to UNIVERSAL TV, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, nicknamed "Jeekey", was kidnapped in Garasbaley village on 2 June 2009 by four hooded and armed men when he was on his way back from the Afgoye district to Mogadishu city. He was with Abdirisak Mohamud Jimale, one of the technicians of UNIVERSAL TV.

The kidnappers abducted Ibrahim Mohamed Ali in a sedan after they searched his UNIVERSAL TV car and told him that he was the one they were looking for.


Source

National Union of Somali Journalists
1st Floor, Human Rights House
Taleex Street, KM4 Area, Hodan District
Mogadishu
Somalia
nusoj (@) nusoj.org
Phone: +252 1 859 944
Fax: +252 1 859 944
 

From other IFEX members

Alarm at TV station director’s abduction near Mogadishu (RSF)
Kidnappers release head of Universal TV (RSF)

Somalia

Al Shabab detains three journalists from Markabley Radio station 17 March 2010 Puntland guards beat journalist inside courtroom 1 March 2010 Al-Shabaab militants arrest radio journalist in southern Somalia 22 February 2010 Media houses targeted with grenades, three journalists wounded 19 January 2010 Radio journalist wounded by stray bullet; freelancer arrested 11 January 2010


 
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