New York, December 1, 2005—A Somali reporter has been jailed since Monday following his recent online story claiming that a faction known as the Jubba Valley Alliance has been importing arms in violation of the 2004 peace agreement and a United Nations arms embargo, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) reported. The faction, which…
NOVEMBER 28, 2005 Posted: December 8, 2005 Ahmed Mohammed Aden, Gedonet Online and Jubba FM Radio IMPRISONED Reporter Aden was jailed in the southern city of Kismayo following an online story claiming that the Jubba Valley Alliance faction had been importing arms in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, the National Union of Somali Journalists…
New York, September 27, 2005—Authorities in the Puntland city of Bossasso arrested an STN radio editor Monday in connection with his reporting on prison conditions, according to the Somali journalists union NUSOJ and a local source. Awale Jama Salad is being detained without charge for the second time in recent months. The arrest stems from…
SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Awale Jama Salad, STN IMPRISONED Authorities in the Puntland city of Bossasso arrested an STN radio editor in connection with his reporting on prison conditions, according to the Somali journalists union NUSOJ and a local source. Awale Jama Salad was detained for the second time in recent months.
New York, August 9, 2005—A radio reporter jailed for five days in Jowhar was released without charge on Sunday, but was expelled from the town and told not to come back, according to the journalist and local sources. Abdullahi Kulmiye Adow, a reporter for the Mogadishu-based independent radio station HornAfrik, had been detained since August…
New York, August 3, 2005—A journalist for the Mogadishu-based independent radio station HornAfrik was arrested in Jowhar last night following a critical report about transitional federal authorities, according to the Somali Journalists Network (SOJON) and other local sources. Abdullahi Kulmiye Adow was still in police detention late today, they said. It was not clear whether…
AUGUST 2, 2005 Posted: August 17, 2005 Abdullahi Kulmiye Adow, HornAfrik IMPRISONED, HARASSED Adow, a reporter for the Mogadishu-based independent radio station HornAfrik, was detained on August 2 by militia loyal to local faction leader Mohamed Dhere. Dhere is a supporter of Somalia’s Transitional Federal President Abdullahi Yusuf, who recently established a temporary headquarters in…
New York, July 14, 2005—Editor Abdi Farah Nur has been released after more than two weeks of imprisonment in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, but his newspaper remains under government suspension and Farah fears for his safety, sources told the Committee to Protect Journalists today. Farah was freed on July 5, but word of…