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Link to: Annual Report 2008: Somalia

Annual Report 2008: Somalia

Annual Report 2008: Somalia

Link to: World Report 2008: Somalia

World Report 2008: Somalia

World Report 2008: Somalia

Link to: Attacks on the Press in 2007: Somalia

Attacks on the Press in 2007: Somalia

Attacks on the Press in 2007: Somalia

Link to: NAFEO protests problematic press bill, urges president not to give his assent

NAFEO protests problematic press bill, urges president not to give his assent

(MFWA/IFEX) – The following 25 March 2008 statement has been forwarded by MFWA on behalf of the Network of African Free Expression Organisations (NAFEO): Call on President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed not to assent to the media bill Accra, 25 March 2008 – The Network of African Freedom of Expression Organisations (NAFEO) has learned with dismay […]

Link to: UN expert says media’s rights being violated by all in conflict

UN expert says media’s rights being violated by all in conflict

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 March 2008 NUSOJ press release: JOINT STATEMENT FROM EHAHRD-NET AND NUSOJ ON REPORT OF DR. GHANIM ALNAJJAR, INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIA TO THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Geneva, 20th March 2008 The East and Horn of Africa Human […]

Link to: New media law contravenes international standards, says NUSOJ report

New media law contravenes international standards, says NUSOJ report

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – NUSOJ has released a report on the new media law that was passed by Somalia’s Transitional Federal Parliament on 8 December 2007. “Due to vaguely worded articles and clauses, excessive measures on private media and foreign press, government control over any medium of communication, ambiguous registration process of any media organization and unwarranted […]

Link to: Armed forces raid offices of three radio stations, seize equipment, beat reporter; rocket hits station’s building

Armed forces raid offices of three radio stations, seize equipment, beat reporter; rocket hits station’s building

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 March 2008 NUSOJ press release: In Mogadishu Media Crackdown, Media Executive Arrested, Equipment Confiscated The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today condemns in the strongest possible terms the shocking attacks on Radio Shabelle and Radio Simba in Mogadishu by the Armed Forces of the Somalia Transitional Federal […]

Link to: Freedom of the Press 2007: Somalia

Freedom of the Press 2007: Somalia

Freedom of the Press 2007: Somalia

Link to: Soldiers raid newspaper office, confiscate equipment

Soldiers raid newspaper office, confiscate equipment

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has condemned the attack carried out by armed forces of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on the offices of “Waayaha Press”, a Mogadishu-based privately-owned weekly newspaper. On 19 February 2008, security forces who were conducting a security-related operation in Bakara market came into the offices of […]

Link to: Twenty-seven IFEX members call for end to repression of journalists, revision of media law

Twenty-seven IFEX members call for end to repression of journalists, revision of media law

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The following is a joint letter of appeal from NUSOJ, 26 other IFEX members and one partner network: His Excellency Nur Hassan Hussein Somali Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Mogadishu, Somalia Your Excellency, We are deeply concerned about the rapidly degenerating press freedom situation in Somalia, where safety, professional rights and […]

Link to: Journalist killed by remote-controlled landmine on his way to press conference

Journalist killed by remote-controlled landmine on his way to press conference

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – NUSOJ is shocked by the killing of journalist Hassan Kafi Hared in Kismayu town of the Lower Jubba region, on 28 January 2008. Hared, 36, died around 1.00 p.m. (local time) when a remote-controlled mine exploded in a road in Siyad Village, in the northern Kismayu. Two doctors with Medecins Sans Frontières-Holland and […]

Link to: Radio journalist detained, assaulted by abusive official’s security guard while covering public event

Radio journalist detained, assaulted by abusive official’s security guard while covering public event

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – NUSOJ condemns the attack on journalist Abdihakim Yusuf Moalim of the Somali Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), a privately-owned radio station based in Bossaso town, located in Bari region. On 26 January 2008, Moalim and a cameraman went to cover a meeting between Puntland officials and local communities at the regional headquarters in Bossasso. There, […]

Link to: BBC stringer arrested on orders of provincial governor

BBC stringer arrested on orders of provincial governor

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has protested at the arrest and detention on 15 January 2008 of a stringer with the BBC Somali service, Ayanle Hussein Abdi. The worldwide press freedom organisation condemned the impunity with which the Somali Transitional Federal Government and provincial governors unfairly arrest journalists. “The very few journalists who continue to […]

Link to: Draft media law imposes overbroad restrictions, excessive government control, says ARTICLE 19

Draft media law imposes overbroad restrictions, excessive government control, says ARTICLE 19

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: Somalia: Analysis of Draft Media Law ARTICLE 19 today released its analysis of the draft Somali Media Law, which seeks to establish a broad regulatory framework for all media in Somalia. Although the draft Law does include some positive features, it seeks to subject […]

Link to: Two radio journalists arrested by national security officer in Mogadishu

Two radio journalists arrested by national security officer in Mogadishu

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – NUSOJ condemns the arrest of two radio journalists by an officer of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the Transitional Federal Government. Heavily armed forces first entered the offices of Somaliweyn Radio, a privately owned radio station in Mogadishu, on 13 January 2008. An NSA officer arrested journalist Bashir Mohammed Abdulkadir, after telling […]

Link to: Radio journalist shot following threats to radio station

Radio journalist shot following threats to radio station

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has expressed outrage at the targeted shooting of journalist Abdikheyr Mohammed Jama of Radio Galkayo in Puntland by unknown assailants on 10 January 2008. The journalist, who was on his way home after leaving the Radio station in the evening, was attacked by four armed men […]