(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the news that Awale Jama Salad, the editor of privately-owned radio STN FM, has been able to come out of hiding and resume his normal life and work after intervention by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Awale Jama Salad, who has been arrested and threatened by the security […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the news that Awale Jama Salad, the editor of privately-owned radio STN FM, has been able to come out of hiding and resume his normal life and work after intervention by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG).
Awale Jama Salad, who has been arrested and threatened by the security services on several occasions, is now able to work without fear, the worldwide press freedom organisation said.
TFG Information Minister Mohammed Abdi Hayir, who intervened with the authorities in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, told Reporters Without Borders during a telephone conversation on 8 December 2005 that he would act to ensure that Awale Jama Salad could come out of hiding.
However, the organisation said it remains concerned about repeated press freedom violations in Puntland. Three journalists from the privately-owned Radio Las-Anod were roughed up by members of Vice-President Hassan Dahir Afqura’s guard on 10 December.
Station manager Faysal Jama and journalists Adan Jamal Farajar and Abdiqani Haji Ise were beaten during the vice-president’s visit to the western Puntland town of Las-Anod. Abdiqani Haji Ise was hospitalised after sustaining a serious injury to his left hand.
