Journalists for opposition TV station face charges in Maldives
April 11, 2016 6:20 PM ET
New York, April 11, 2016--Maldivian prosecutors should drop charges against journalists and an executive from a pro-opposition television station, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The charges come amid a mounting crackdown on press freedom in the country....
Journalists in exile 2012
June 19, 2012 12:01 AM ET
Crisis in East Africa Fifty-seven journalists fled their country in the past year, with Somalia sending the greatest number into exile. Journalists also fled Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Rwanda--mostly for Kenya and Uganda. Exiles in East Africa must grapple with...
Exiled Somali journalist Hassan Mohamed dies in Nairobi
March 21, 2012 4:21 PM ET
Veteran Somali radio journalist Hassan Mohamed, 45, died early yesterday morning in Eastleigh, a Nairobi suburb. He had fled Mogadishu in 2010, having been threatened, kidnapped, and shot twice. One of hundreds of Somali refugees in Kenya, many of...
Exiled Somali journalists rally around wounded colleague
May 24, 2011 4:40 PM ET
Hassan Mohamed, nicknamed "Jaeyl" by his colleagues, used to be a jack-of-all-trades for Somalia's first independent broadcaster, HornAfrik. He was a journalist, a producer, and a librarian. He was even a dramatist. His most powerful professional role was keeping...