Mohamud Mohamed Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Somali security forces arrest five journalists in two days

January 5, 2015 4:58 PM EST

Nairobi, January 5, 2015–Somali security forces arrested five journalists in two separate cases over the weekend in the capital, Mogadishu, according to news reports. Three of them are still being held.

Somali authorities detain three journalists and shutter radio station

August 21, 2014 11:11 AM EDT

Nairobi, August 21, 2014 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the detention of three Shabelle Media Network journalists and the closure of their station. Security agents arrested 19 individuals at the network’s offices in the capital Mogadishu on August 15, and removed the transmitters of Radio Shabelle and Sky FM, two…