Three journalists arrested; radio station ordered closed
(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) deplores the closure of Jubba Private radio station and the arrest of three journalists working for the station in Baidoa. On 26 April 2009, the Islamic Administration under Al-Shabaab, which controls the Bay and Bakool regions in south-western Somalia, ordered the closure of the radio station […]
“Ogaal” newspaper reporter sentenced to one year in prison
(NUSOJ/IFEX) – On 26 April 2009, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemned the increasing tendency to intimidate journalists in Somaliland after a court sentenced journalist Abdullahi Hassan Darwish of “Ogaal” newspaper to one year in prison. He was also banned from working as a journalist for six-months and given a fine of 400 […]
Journalist Nur Muse Hussein shot while covering fighting between rival militia forces
Nur Muse Hussein, 56, was wounded while he was trying to cover fighting in Beledweyn between militias loyal to Hiran Regional Administration and Hisbul Islam
Journalist Jama Ayanle Feyte pardoned and released
On 15 April 2009, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomed with joy the release of journalist Jama Ayanle Feyte from the Bossasso jail after a pardon from the Puntland president
Private radio station ordered to shut down for 24 hours by Al-Shabaab forces
(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the closure of Mandeeq Radio Station in Baladhawo district of Gedo region. Al-Shabaab forces controlling south-western regions of Somalia ordered the management of the radio station to shut down the FM station around 7:00 a.m. (local time) on 9 April 2009, according to journalists working […]
Journalist Jama Ayanle Feyte sentenced to two years in prison for libel and dissemination of false information
(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is shocked to learn of the severe two-year prison sentence handed down to journalist Jama Ayanle Feyte on 30 March 2009 Bari regional court in Bossasso convicted Jama Ayanle Feyte for libel and insult of Puntland leaders and dissemination of false information on the Somali news […]
Editor Mohamed Abdi Guled sentenced to five months in prison, concerns that the sentencing was “politically-motivated”
(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is shocked by the five-month prison sentence handed down against a leading editor accused of unlawfully printing a newspaper and spreading lies. On 17 March 2009, the Hargeisa regional court sentenced Mohamed Abdi Guled, editor-in-chief of the “Yool” weekly newspaper in Hargeisa, to a five-month prison […]
Attacks on the Press in 2008: Somalia
Attacks on the Press in 2008: Somalia
New Deputy Prime Minister makes threatening statements against independent media
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns Deputy Prime Minister Abdirahman Ibbi’s recent statements on Radio Garowe criticising Somalia’s independent news media and threatening to combat them. Ibbi is both deputy premier and minister of fisheries and marine resources in the new national unity government. “The deputy prime minister is picking on the wrong people,” […]
Mohamed Abdi Guled, editor of weekly “Yool,” arrested following publication of article
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders condemns the 26 February 2009 arrest of Mohamed Abdi Guled, editor of the privately-owned weekly “Yool” appearing in Hargeisa, by police in the breakaway autonomous region of Somaliland in northern Somalia. The journalist is being held on the premises of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Several journalists in Hargeisa said […]
IFJ opposes call by UN special envoy to suspend news reporting from Somalia
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 6 February 2009 IFJ media release: IFJ Opposes Call for News Blackout on Somalia The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today warned that a call by the United Nations Special Envoy in Somalia, Ahmed Ould Abdallah, to suspend news reporting from Somalia was an “ill-thought out and counter-productive” response […]
Journalist Hassan Bulhan Ali seriously injured in attack during tribal reconciliation meeting
(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the violent attack on journalist Hassan Bulhan Ali, the director of Radio Abudwaq, in the town of Abudwaq, in Galgadud region, Central Somalia. A man with a knife attacked Bulhan Ali on 7 February 2009 at a tribal reconciliation meeting. The attacker, who is known […]
Journalist Said Tahlil Amhed killed in Mogadishu, second Somali journalist murdered in 2009
(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the brutal assassination of Said Tahlil Ahmed, director of HornAfrik Radio in Mogadishu, on 4 February 2009 at around 2:45 p.m. (local time). Three men with pistols shot Said Tahlil Ahmed four times in the head in the Bakara Market while he was with […]
SOMALIA: A Precarious and Perilous Place for the Press (2008)
SOMALIA: A Precarious and Perilous Place for the Press (2008)
World Report 2009: Somalia
World Report 2009: Somalia
Local journalist released by kidnappers while Canadian reporter, Australian photojournalist still in captivity
(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes with profound relief the safe release of Abdifatah Mohamed Elmi after 146 days in captivity by kidnappers who abducted him with Canadian journalist Amanda Lindout and Australian journalist Nigel Brenan on 23 August 2008. Abdifatah Mohamed Elmi, freelance photojournalist, was released Thursday night, 15 January […]