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Somaliland police march in an independence parade in May 2024. Since the start of the 2025, more than 20 journalists have been caught up in a wave of arrests in Somaliland, according to the Somaliland Journalists Association. (Photo: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)

CPJ calls for immediate release of Somaliland journalist Abdiaziz Awl

September 18, 2025 2:47 PM EDT

Kampala, September 18, 2025 —The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Abdiaziz Saleban Sulub, also known as Abdiaziz Awl, and to end the ongoing harassment of the media. On September 12, police in Burao, in central Togdheer region, arrested Abdiaziz, a reporter…