MOGADISHU, Somalia 27 May, 2020 – The Somali media fraternity this week signed a historic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Somali Bar Association to unconditionally defend the rights of the journalists and press freedom as well as to provide legal awareness for the professional journalists and media houses in Somalia. The signing on the MOU came after a meeting on ThursdayMay 21, 2020 between the representatives from Somali Media Association (SOMA); Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS); Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA); the Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA)and the members of the Somali Bar Association in Mogadishu. These lengthy discussions…
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MOGADISHU, Somalia 26 May, 2020 – We, Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) express our grave concern by the use of detained Radio Hiigsi editor, Mohamed Abduwahaab Nuur Abuuja’s phone number to register with the IMO messaging application and the confiscation of his personal laptop. On Sunday 24 May, around 3:06p.m local time, members of Abuuja’s family received notification messages with Mohamed Abuuja’s name indicating that Abuuja was back online. Family members said when they called back nobody responded to their calls. Officers from the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA)…
MUQDISHO, Soomaaliya, 26 May, 2020 – Ururka Suxufiyiinta Soomaaliyeed (SJS), Dalladda Warbaahinta Soomaaliyeed (SOMA) iyo Dalladda Xarumaha Warbaahinta ee SIMHA waxay si weyn uga walwalsan yihiin isticmaalka telefoonka gaarka ah ee tifaftiraha Idaacadda Hiigsi, Maxamed Cabduwahaab Nuur (Abuuja) oo ku jira xabsi go’doomin ah tan iyo 7dii Maarso. Maalinimadii Axaddii 24ka May, 2020, abbaare 3:06p.m ayaa telefoonka wariye Abuuja lagu diiwaangaliyay aaladda wada-xiriirka bulshada ee IMO, iyadoo farriimo sheegaya in wariye Abuuja uu khadka internetka isticmaalayo loo diray dad ka mid ah qoyskiisa. Markii xubno ka mid ah qoyska ay dib u weceenna lagama jawaabin wicitaankooda. Wariye Maxamed Abuuja waxaa…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 22 May, 2020- Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) jointly condemn the physical assault against SBC TV journalist, Abdullahi Mohamed Sheikh on Thursday by Hamar Jajab police commissioner and we express our concern by the measures to deny the journalists from pursuing legal redress whenever they are assaulted by the police or government officials. During a press conference in Mogadishu, SJS Secretary General, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin and SOMA Secretary General, Mohamed Abduwahab Abdullahi strongly condemned the move to summon journalist Abdullahi Sheikhdon and one other journalist by the Mogadishu police on Thursday midnight in an…
Mogadishu, Somalia 21 May 2020- Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemns in the strongest terms possible the assault against SBC TV & Radio journalist Abdullahi Mohamed Sheikhdon by a senior police officer while covering a COVID-19 related incident in Mogadishu’s Hamar-jajab district. Capt. Rahmo Salad Mohamed, Hamar Jajab police commissioner, accompanied by armed police officers slapped the journalist, Abdullahi Mohamed Sheikhdon, on the face, while on duty and later had him summoned to the police station where he was held for one hour, before he was set free without charge. SBC TV and Radio is a member of Somali Media Association…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 19May, 2020- The Somali media fraternity: Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ), Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) outrageously condemn the recent violations against journalists and the media in Mogadishu and Gedo region in the latest of string of violence targeting media professionals in Somalia. Around 9:00p.m on Monday, armed NISA officers raided the premises of the privately owned Somali Cable TV in Mogadishu. According to the affected journalists, three officers beat cameraman Abdirahman Omar Abdulle who sustained slight injuries on the left arm while threatening to shoot a…
Ururada Saxaafadda ayaa maanta shir jara’id ku qabtay magaalad Muqdisho waxayna ka hadden caqabadaha hor taan sxaafadda. Xogeyayaasha SOMA, SJS iyi FESOJ oo goobta ka hadlay halkaan ka daawo: https://youtu.be/nnPIwYvT6Cw?t=48 https://youtu.be/Jm0vYEPznxI?t=14 https://youtu.be/2c0cSPaKo1w?t=6
Somali Media Fraternity condemn the continued enforced disappearance against Radio Hiigsi editor, Mohamed Abduwahaab Nuur (Abuuja) since 7th March in Mogadishu and the acts of pressure and intimidations by Villa Somalia press officer against journalists and media houses including the use of Covid-19 media awareness funds to compromise the editorial integrity of the independent media. In a press conference held in Mogadishu on Monday, leaders of Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ), Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) called for the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to immediately free journalist Mohamed Abuuja…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 12 May, 2020 – Somali media fraternity: Somali Media Association (SOMA), Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA), Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) and Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) express their dismay by the recurrent incidents where some Somali government officials have faked invoices carrying logos of certain independent media houses to scam funds from international organizations, who are involved in the fight against Covid-19 in Somalia. Following a meeting in Mogadishu on Monday 11 May, representative organizations of local media stations – which represent more than 50 media houses across Somalia – have expressed their concern that their media…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 04 may, 2020 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ), Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA), strongly condemn the killing of Kalsan TV journalist, Said Yusuf Ali who was stabbed to death in Mogadishu on Monday 04 May, 2020. According to family and colleagues, a knife wielding man attacked and stabbed the journalist four times outside a shop in Sey Biyano neighborhood in Mogadishu’s Hodan district around 7.30p.m local time. He died on spot and the body was taken to the hospital. “He covered a story on the murder…