Somalia

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

The targeting of journalists is increasingly politically motivated and systemic, says NUSOJ.

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

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

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.

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.

According to NUSOJ research, four journalists were killed, seven wounded and 19 arrested in 2011.

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