Somalia

Abdulkadir Abdirisak Soofe was shot several times on 29 May as he was making his way home from work. Soofe had recently been threatened by an officer from Raskambooni, an armed group, for producing “biased” reports against the group’s leader.

Among the measures announced during today’s World Press Freedom Day celebrations include the speeding up of thorough investigations into the killing of journalists and better collaboration between security agencies and media workers in Somalia.

The National Union of Somali Journalists confirmed through regular and systematic documentation that 2012 was the deadliest year in history for Somali media.

A senior administration official in Somaliland has said that police officers were the perpetrators of an attack on the owner of the Hubaal Media Network, according to news reports. Hubaal had recently published articles critical of the Somaliland administration.

Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh, a newscaster, reporter and programe producer for Radio Mogadishu and Somali National Television (SNTV) – government managed media – was returning home from Radio Mogadishu when two men armed with pistols followed and shot him in the chest and head seven times.

ARTICLE 19 condemns the killing of a journalist and two human rights lawyers in a an attack on a court complex in Mogadishu. The group says journalists and human rights defenders in Somalia are frequently the target of violence.

Police in Somalia say they have been holding a woman in custody for much of this week after they say questions were raised about the veracity of reports that a journalist was fatally shot in Mogadishu on March 24.

Police in Somalia say they have been holding a woman in custody for much of this week after they say questions were raised about the veracity of reports that a journalist was fatally shot in Mogadishu on March 24.

On 3 April 2013, The Puntland government ordered the closure of Radio Codka Nabadda (Voice of Peace Radio), Radio Daljir and 1 Nation Radio in Bossasso, charging that these radio stations disobeyed government orders by continuing to re-broadcast programmes produced by stations based outside of Puntland.

On 3 April 2013, The Puntland government ordered the closure of Radio Codka Nabadda (Voice of Peace Radio), Radio Daljir and 1 Nation Radio in Bossasso, charging that these radio stations disobeyed government orders by continuing to re-broadcast programmes produced by stations based outside of Puntland.

Somalia’s military tribunal has found Adan Sheikh Abdi Sheikh Hussein guilty of murdering journalist Hassan Yusuf Absuge in Mogadishu. Hussein has been sentenced to death.

Two Somali journalists have been killed in the past month, while three radio stations have been banned in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

The information minister of Puntland has banned reproduction of any programs or materials produced by non-Puntland media, singling out three radio stations that operate outside the region.

A Supreme Court judge has freed journalist Abdiasis Abdinur Ibrahim after he interviewed an alleged rape victim. The Attorney General said investigators provided incorrect information that had informed their decision to file charges against the journalist.

Police in Mogadishu beat several journalists attempting to cover a rape trial and forcibly removed them from the regional court premises without providing an explanation.

Authorities in central Somalia ordered Al-Ihsan Radio to shut down for “compromising peace in the town” and “spreading inaccurate and unacceptable information.”