MOGADISHU, Somalia 16 October 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Media Association (SOMA), Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) and Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) condemn the Somalia government’s actions in bringing trumped up charges against Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and call for the office of the attorney general to drop these malicious charges. This is a clear attempt to criminalize journalism and to curtail freedom of expression and media freedoms. On 16 October 2022, SJS Secretary General Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, who has been in detention since October 11, was…
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MOGADISHU, Somalia 15 October 2022 –Somali Media Association (SOMA) , Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) , Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) and Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSG) call for the Somali government to stop the interference and pressure on the Somali judiciary, especially the judges and the prosecutors to press trump-up charges against Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSG). We call for his unconditional release. According to our sources, in the morning of October 15, 2022 senior government officials were trying to influence the judiciary…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 11 October 2022 – Somali Media Association (SOMA), Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somalia Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) and Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) vehemently condemn the arbitrary arrest of the Secretary General of Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) by the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Mogadishu. On 11 October, 2022 at around 17:00hrs local time, officers from the Somali Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) arrested Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, the Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) who was traveling to Nairobi at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. He was immediately transferred to Godka…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 October 2022 – The Somali media fraternity and the journalists’ associations* are concerned about the new directive issued by the Somali Federal Government containing a blanket ban and suspension on what it calls “dissemination of extremist and terrorist ideology”. On Saturday 08 October, the Ministry of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia issued a directive which “prohibited dissemination of extremism ideology messages both from traditional media broadcasts and social media. Similarly, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication instructed internet service providers to suspend more than 40 online sites without clarifying the identity of those sites. …
MOGADISHU, Somalia 06 October 2022 – Somali Media Association (SOMA) Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ), and the Somalia Mechanism of the Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) jointly condemn the detention of Arlaadi Media Network (AMN) journalist, Yusuf Mohamed Adam, who was held at a military camp by the Ethiopian contingent under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in Burhakaba town, Bay region, on 3 October 2022. According to the journalist and Arlaadi Media Network’s director, Yusuf was detained by South West State security forces on Monday a day after he wrote on his Facebook page that the Ethiopian forces were occupying…
Mogadishu- Wednesday, September 28, 2022 – With the support of IMS/FOJO, the Somali Media Association (SOMA) has organized and conducted on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 one-day symposium for the media stakeholders including media associations and civil society organizations (CSO) to observe the International Day for Universal Access to Information -IDUAI- 2022. The symposium held at Hotel Afrik has been participated by representatives from the Ministry of Information, Media Associations, Directors of various media outlets including radio stations, TVs, Somali National University, SONSA, Banadir Regional Authority Media , CSO, websites, Hamar Press Newspapers, freelancers…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 09 September, 2022 – Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemn the suspension against the privately-owned independent CBA television in Hargeisa by the Somaliland Ministry of Information on Wednesday. On Wednesday 7 September, Somaliland Minister of Information, Suleyman Yusuf Ali Koore issued a letter in which he suspended CBA TV headquarters in Hargeisa. Citing the region’s media law, the minister alleged the station on “spreading news and programs against the peace and the unity of the people of Somaliland and that the expiration of the station’s license”. In a statement, CBA TV management refuted both allegations. SJS and SOMA took…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 21 August, 2022 – Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemn the shooting of M24 TV camera-journalist, Ahmed Omar Nur, by Haramcad police while covering the Hayat hotel attack in Mogadishu on Sunday. The camera journalist was among a group of local journalists covering the Hayat hotel attack from KM4 junction since Friday. Colleagues who witnessed the shooting said a group of the Turkish-trained Haramcad police officers were standing nearby when one of them shot at the journalist. No explanation was provided on the circumstances of the shooting. He was rushed to the…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 18 August, 2022 – Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) call for Somaliland authorities to free without condition two local television journalists detained since 11 August in Hargeisa after covering opposition protests that turned deadly in Somaliland. On 11 August, Police in Hargeisa detained two Horyaal24 TV journalists, Abdinasir Abdi Haji Nur and Ahmed-Zaki Ibrahim Mohamud after covering violent protests over the postponed elections in Hargeisa and other towns that day. According to colleagues, police initially held them at the criminal investigation department before transferring them to the Mandhera prison on 15 August. SOMA…
MOGADISHU, Somalia 8 August 2022 – South West State authorities should instruct police officers in Baidoa to free two Radio Warsan journalists who are held at the Baidoa criminal investigation department since Thursday 4 August, the Somali Media Association (SOMA), Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) And the Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) said on Monday. On Thursday, Baidoa police summoned and then arbitrarily detained Radio Warsan reporter, Mohamed Abdirahman Abdulle known as Malele and producer Farah Hussein Haji known as Weerow. Police initially stated that they were investigating suspected scammers when they summoned the pair. However, there are no charges brought against them until today…