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Alerts - Somalia

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Somalia

Journalist killed in Mogadishu

Eyewitnesses said that soldiers of the government were in the general area of the shooting, but did nothing when the attack happened, according to local journalists.

Somalia

Journalist murdered on eve of World Press Freedom Day

Farhan James Abdulle is the fifth journalist to be killed this year in Somalia, the deadliest country in Africa for the media.

Somalia

Radio station director released after being held without charge for 57 days

Voice of Peace director Awke Abdullahi Ali was reportedly freed because his health had declined sharply while in detention.

Somalia

IFJ condemns arrest of reporter, shooting of editor

Somaliland authorities reportedly accuse Darwish of "spreading false news."

Somalia

IFJ condemns arbitrary arrests of journalists

IFJ condemned the detention of two broadcast journalists and persistent acts of intimidation of media professionals in northern Somalia.

Somalia

In Somaliland, two journalists detained without charge

Local journalists suspect Ahmed Ali Farah and Abdisaman Isse were arrested for their coverage of the Sool region.

Somalia

Fourth journalist killed since year began

Unidentified assailants shot Mahad Salad Adan near his home in Beledweyne, the capital of the central region of Hiran, according to local journalists and news reports.

Somalia

Draft Communications Act good, but needs wider consultation, says ARTICLE 19

The legislation is intended to lay the groundwork for regulation of the telecommunications industry and broadcasting sector in Somalia.

Somalia

Seven journalists wounded in suicide bombing at Mogadishu theatre

According to reports received by RSF, a woman carrying a concealed device blew herself up as she mingled with the crowd.

Somalia

Unknown gunmen shoot, injure journalist

Islamist insurgents Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the shooting, according to Somalimemo, a website that supports the Al-Qaeda-affiliated group.

Somalia

Radio station closed, media director arrested in Puntland

Journalists believe that Puntland authorities were angered by the radio station's broadcasting of an interview with Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Mus'ab, spokesperson of Al-Shabaab militias who are fighting Puntland forces.

Somalia

NUSOJ outraged over murder of young journalist in Galkayo

Ali Ahmed Abdi, 26, was shot dead by hooded gunmen while walking in the Is-Raac neighborhood of northern Galkayo.

Somalia

Somaliland reporter arrested, beaten in custody; two others released

While in custody, Abdirahman was beaten by four police officers with sticks and the butt of a gun until he lost consciousness, local journalists and news reports said.

Somalia

Radio station director murdered in Mogadishu

According to eyewitnesses, Abukar Hassan Mohamoud was murdered by two men armed with pistols who shot him five times at his Mogadishu home.

Somalia

NUSOJ condemns new communications law as a "licence to restrict" independent broadcasting and media freedom

NUSOJ believes that the legislative process was not sufficiently consultative, and expresses fears that the resultant legislation will be used to undermine independent broadcasting.

Somalia

Two more journalists arrested in continuing crackdown

Police accuse Mohamed Abdi Hassan and Hassan Omar Hassan of "spreading false news”, a standard charge by the authorities for the publication of news they do not like.

Somalia

NUSOJ outraged over live radio broadcast that exposed journalists to danger

Some journalists have been receiving death threats following the airing of an off-the-record discussions between the press and a military commander.

Somalia

Senior journalist murdered

Hassan Osman Abdi was shot dead in what some believe to be a targeted attack on the evening of 28 January 2012 as he arrived at his home in Madina district in Mogadishu.

Somalia

Information minister speaks out against NUSOJ's Annual Report

The information ministry denied the use of the repressive measures against journalists that NUSOJ highlighted in the report.

Somalia

Al-Shabaab militant group conducts illegal raid on radio station, abducts journalist

Journalist Ayub Yusuf Dalmar was abducted during the takeover of Radio Afgoye while several pieces of equipment were taken from the station's studios.

Somalia

TV station raided, journalists detained

Police raided HornCable TV in Hargeisa and forced its broadcasts off the air and then detained eight journalists who protested the raid.

Somalia

Journalists released

IFJ remains concerned about the media crackdown in the region and calls for the release of the four journalists still in detention.

Somalia

Journalists detained, barred from traveling in Somaliland

Somaliland police arrested Abdqani Hassan Farah after he aired a news report about a clan meeting in the town of Taleh in the Sool region.

Somalia

Puntland authorities urged to explain detention of journalists

Security personnel in the port city of Bossasso arrested Radio Daljir producer Mohamed Ahmed and reporter Yusuf Ali as they were returning home from their night shift on 1 January.

Somalia

NUSOJ slams arrest, detention of media director

NUSOJ believes that Abdullahi Hersi Adde, managing director of Radio Galkayo, is detained in relation to his journalism and reports broadcast by the station.

Somalia

Leading journalist murdered in Mogadishu

It is believed that Abdisalan Sheik Hassan was killed for his coverage of disputes within the Transitional Federal Parliament.

Somalia

Journalists' association leader harassed, briefly detained

Hassan Mohamed Yusuf was detained after the Somaliland Journalists Association condemned a recent announcement by the attorney general.

Somalia

Journalists arrested in Mogadishu clampdown

Transitional Federal Government police personnel arrested three Radio Banadir journalists, releasing two of them two days later.

Somalia

Journalist union leaders harassed, interrogated

On 29 November, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) summoned NUSOJ's Organizing Secretary, Abdiqani Sheik Mohamed, to their offices in Mogadishu, where he was asked more than 300 questions regarding NUSOJ, its officers and their activities.

Somalia

Police raid NUSOJ office, briefly detain union leader

NUSOJ believes the raid on its office and the arrest of organising secretary Abdiqani Sheik Mohamed constitute part of a plan to intimidate the union's leaders and disrupt its work.

Somalia

Puntland authorities suspend two TV networks

The Puntland president has suspended Universal TV and Somali Channel TV in the area controlled by his government, accusing the networks of being an obstacle to the security of Puntland.

Somalia

NUSOJ demands end to assaults on journalist, media freedoms in Somaliland

Several journalists have been assaulted by police and a number of House of Representatives members are poised to introduce a bill that could further limit media freedoms.

Somalia

NUSOJ condemns bombing of radio station

Radio Galkayo staff who were on the premises during the bomb attack said no one was injured but the building suffered damage.

Somalia

Journalist killed in Mogadishu suicide bomb attack

Radio reporter Abdiaziz Ahmed Aden had been sent to the capital to report on ongoing military operations against Al-Shabaab militants.

Somalia

AU forces say four soldiers responsible for journalist's death

The African Union soldiers deployed in Somalia have been suspended and returned to their home country of Burundi for potential trial after an internal investigation found them responsible for the shooting death of a Malaysian journalist.

Somalia

Radio journalist shot, critically wounded

Radio Voice of Peace journalist Hassan Mohamed, better known as Anteno, was shot by unidentified gunmen in the coastal town of Bosasso.

Somalia

Attackers shoot Radio Galkayo journalist

Hurriya Abdulkadir had complained of repeated threats by unknown callers over her coverage of the conflict between government troops and militias.

Somalia

Journalist beaten by police in Somaliland

A police officer warned other journalists that they too should be assaulted if they published unflattering reports about government officials.

Somalia

NUSOJ condemns cleric's "deadly threat" to journalists

After a prominent cleric linked to the Al Shabaab leadership condemned journalists as "apostates" who should be sentenced to death, NUSOJ voices concern for journalists' safety.

Somalia

Two journalists arrested in Somaliland

Sources indicate that Ahmed Muse Mohamed was arrested without a court warrant on the orders of the local governor.

Somalia

Journalist killed, another wounded in Mogadishu

Malaysian journalist Noramfaizul Mohd Nor was covering the activities of a humanitarian aid group when he was struck by a bullet allegedly fired by African Union troops.

Somalia

NUSOJ condemns bomb attack on radio station

This is the second time the Daljir radio station has been attacked, and no action was taken against the perpetrators of the previous incident.

Somalia

Radio presenter gunned down in Mogadishu

Farah Hassan Sahal, who works for Radio Simba, was shot outside the station by a soldier who is believed to either be with the African Union Mission or Transitional Federal Government.

Somalia

Puntland frees jailed Somali journalist

The president of Puntland granted a pardon to Faysal Mohamed Hassan, who was serving a prison sentence for publishing a "false news report".

Somalia

Al-Shabaab imposes severe restrictions on privately-owned radio station

Radio Jowhar has been forced to limit its reporting to news and information that is favourable towards the militant group.

Somalia

Journalist sentenced to one-year prison term for "publishing false news", faces exile to Ethiopia

Following nationwide condemnation of the heavy sentence against Faysal Mohamed Hassan, Puntland authorities are reportedly threatening to exile him to Ethiopia.

Somalia

NUSOJ concerned by partisan use of media

"The way the TFG and Al-Shabaab media cover the current conflicts degrades the quality, critique and objectiveness of the media they control," said Omar Faruk Osman, NUSOJ Secretary General.

Somalia

Militias shut two radio stations

"Armed groups on all sides of the conflict must stop using the media as pawns," said CPJ.

Somalia

Offices of journalists' union robbed by armed men, staff threatened

IFJ is concerned about consistent politicised actions against NUSOJ members and its leadership aimed at preventing them from carrying out their legitimate activities.

Somalia

Editor found guilty of defaming transport minister

Journalist Abdifatah Mohamud Aidid faces imprisonment if he is unable to pay a US$1,000 fine within 30 days.

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