Somali Cable TV Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

A view over the Kismayo sea-port as ships load with charcoal in Somalia in March 2013. Journalist Sabir Abdulkadir Warsame was arrested by regional security forces in the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on February 8, 2018, and has been held without charge in the state capital of Kismayo. (AFP/ Phil Moore)

Somali journalist arrested, held without charge

February 9, 2018 4:09 PM EST

Nairobi, February 09, 2018–Somali authorities should immediately release Sabir Abdulkadir Warsame, a broadcast journalist with the privately owned Somali Cable TV, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Sabir was arrested by regional security forces in the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on February 8 and has been held without charge in the state capital of…

Journalist detained without charge in Puntland

August 9, 2017 5:52 PM EDT

Nairobi, August 9, 2017–Authorities in Puntland should unconditionally and immediately release journalist Omar Saeed Mohammed, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested Omar, who works for the news website Horseed Media and the privately owned Somali Cable TV channel, on August 6, 2017, in Garowe, the administrative capital of Puntland, a semi-autonomous region…