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MOGADISHU, Somalia 4 June 2022 – Today, 4 June 2022, the Somali independent journalists’ organizations/unions and the independent media houses associations held a consultative meeting in Mogadishu focusing on the latest developments in the country on the aftermath of May 15th presidential election and the state of freedom of expression and media freedom in Somalia, which has been ranked as the worst in the last five years. The Somali journalists’ unions and the independent media houses precisely discussed the draconian Somali Media Law of August 2020, the endless arbitrary detention and targeting of Somali journalists, the implications of the enforcement of…

MOGADISHU, Somalia 01 June 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) strongly condemn the violent attack by the Southwest state police on Radio Barawe, a local minority community rights radio in Barawe on Wednesday night. The attack comes amid president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s first visit to Southwest state following his election victory on 15 May. Around 6:15pm local time on Wednesday, five armed police officers raided Radio Barawe and violently detained journalist Osman Aweys Bahar, who also covers for Universal TV, and radio founder Fuad Shoble. Both were initially forced to walk to the beach on…

Farxaan Xasan waxaa uu kamid yahay dhallinyarada ku dhalatay degmada Feer-Feer Soomaaliya xilligii ay socdeen dagaalaadii u dhaxeeyay qabaa’ilka   wada daga deegaankan, oo aan dadkiisu helin nabadda mudo kabadan 25 sano, halkaas oo ay ku dhinteen boqolaal qof oo ay ku jiraan dad shacab ah. 2003, Farxaan oo Sagaal jir ahaa waxa uu ku waayay Caasho 22 jir ahayd iyo Axmed oo Sideed jir ahaa, arrintaas oo markii dambe sababtay in isaga iyo qoyskiisa u soo barakacaan Magaalada Beledweyne ee Gobolka Hiiraan oo amni ahaan ka fiicneyd deegaanka Feer-Feer, iyaga oo tan iyo xilligaas weli degan. Dhimashada walaalaha la dhashay…

Isbadal ayaa ku yimid hab nololeedka dadka ku nool miyiga Gobolka Shabeellaha hoose, shantii sano ee lasoo dhaafay kadib markii ay heleen gaadiid qiimo yar oo fududueeya howlaha dadka ku nool miyiga ee ka adeegta magaalooyinka. Badankood reer miyigu hadda waxay gaadiid ahaan u isticmaalaan Mootada loo yaqaano Saddex lugaaleyda halka markii ay isticmaali jiray gawaarida waaweyn iyo xoolaha la rararto sida Awrta iyo dameeraha. Maxamed Cabdow ismaaciil oo ah beeraleey ku nool tuulada Fuulaay-dheer oo hoos timaada degmada Walaweyn ee gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose ayaa sheegay in xilligii hore ay gawaari waa weyn iyo xoolaha rararto uu isticmaali jiray, islamarkaana…

Dad kabadan Sagaal boqol oo qoys oo ku nool xeryaha barakaca ee Baasmille, Berdhimbili, Billan, Goof-yerow, Iyo Waami oo ku yaalla degmada Baydhaba ee gobolka Baay ayaa halkaas ku wajahaya musqulo yari. Nuurto Macallin oo ah hooyada 15 carruur ah waxaa iyada iyo 140 qoys ay deggan yihiin xerada Baasmille oo ay soo gaartay billowgii bishiii Janaayo ee sanadkaan markii ay uga soo barakacday deegaankeeda abaara ka jira oo saameyn ku yeelatay dadka iyo duunyada. Waxay tilmaamtay in hadda ay hesho nolosha asaasiga ah, balse xaaladda ugu daran ee ku haysata xerada ay tahay musqulo la’aan iyo biyo yari, waxay…

MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 May, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) express great concern on the announcement by the Parliamentary Committee on Presidential Election, on Monday 9 May, which imposes restrictions on the independent journalists’ access to the presidential election scheduled to take place on 15 May, 2022. A memo released by the Parliamentary Committee on Presidential Election imposed all independent journalists to stay out of the venue where the voting takes place and suggested that journalists “will be following the process from TV screens installed outside the hall”. SJS and SOMA protest against this decision and call…

Somaliland releases journalist from incommunicado detention, holds three others in jail Freelance journalist, Abdisalan Ahmed Awad who was held incommunicado since 3 April has been freed on Wednesday, 20 April, 2022. | PHOTO/Courtesy/SOMA. MOGADISHU, Somalia 20 April, 2022 –Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) welcome the release of freelance journalist, Abdisalan Ahmed Awad who was held incommunicado since 3 April, 2022 as we express concern the decision to hold three other journalists at the central prison. The journalist was freed on Wednesday morning from detention without charges. Officers from Somaliland intelligence service detained and beat him…

MOGADISHU, Somalia 14 April 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemn in the strongest terms possible the mass arrest of 16 journalists reporting on the prison shooting in Hargeisa by Somaliland police on Wednesday 13 April. On midday on Wednesday, Somaliland police and officers from the intelligence service arrested ten journalists: Mohamed Abdi Ilig (senior journalist and director of MM TV); Mohamed Jamal Jirde (MMTV cameraman); Hassan Galaydh (BBC Somali reporter); Sagal Mustafe Hassan (Voice of America reporter); Ahmed Nur Samrawi (Bulsho TV reporter);  Ahmed Mohamud Yusuf (Saab TV reporter); Naima Abdi Ahmed (Caro Edeg Media reporter); Ahmed Said Hassan Shimali (Horn…

In kabadan Afartan Dumar ah oo ku shaqeysta xirfadda Umuliso dhaqameedka kana kala yimid degmooyinka & deegaanada Gobolka Banadir ayaa qaatay tababar looga hadlaayey kahortagga dhibaatooyinka ay kala kulmaan Haweenka goobaha ay ku umulaan ee aan Isbitaalada ahayn. Xaliimo Ibrahim Eenow oo qaadatay tababarkan ayaa kamid ah haweenka Umuliso dhaqameedka ah ee ku nool Degmada Dayniile ee Gobolka Banadir waxa ay sheegtay in mudo 10 sano ah ay howshan umulinta ah ay ku dhax jirtay haween badana gacanteeda ay ku dhalisay, tan iyo 2012-kii oo ay howshaan ka baratay Haweeney ay deris ahaayeen. Waxa ay ku faraxsan tahay in ay qaadatay Tababarkaan…

MOGADISHU, Somalia 19 March 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) strongly condemn and express their concern about the violent attack and the detention against independent journalists in Somaliland. On 14 March, Somaliland police in Borame, Awdal region, detained Horn Cable TV reporter, Imran Hussein Adan, a day after he covered a vox-pop piece for Horn Cable TV seeking views of ordinary citizens on President Muse Bihi Abdi’s visit to the United States. The report which featured diverse views including views that criticised the composition of president Bihi’s delegation as ‘non-inclusive’.   According to colleagues and family members, journalist Imran was taken…