Somaliland Archives - Page 5 of 9 - Committee to Protect Journalists

Mohamed Ahmed Jama is attacked in April, imprisoned in July. (Hubaal Media Network)

In Somaliland, Hubaal journalists sentenced to jail

July 3, 2013 2:19 PM EDT

Nairobi, July 3, 2013–A court in the capital of the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland today convicted the manager and editor of the independent daily Hubaal of defamation and sentenced them to prison. Hubaal’s editor, Hussein Hassan Abdullahi, received two years, while the paper’s manager, Mohamed Ahmed Jama, was sentenced to one year in jail on…

A Hargeisa resident reads the Hubaal paper before the daily's suspension. (Barkhad Dahir)

Independent daily suspended indefinitely in Somaliland

June 12, 2013 1:53 PM EDT

Nairobi, June 12, 2013–The acting attorney general in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland should withdraw his request to suspend the independent daily Hubaal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A court ruled on Tuesday that the paper had been indefinitely suspended at the request of Aden Ahmed Mouse, according to news reports.

Somaliland official says media owner attacked by police

April 30, 2013 5:42 PM EDT

New York, April 30, 2013–A senior administration official in Somaliland has said that police officers were the perpetrators of an April 24 attack on the owner of a media network, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the semi-autonomous republic to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure that all…

TV journalist Ahmed Farah Ilyas was killed in Somaliland on Tuesday. (Somalilandpress)

In first for Somaliland, gunmen kill journalist

October 24, 2012 1:31 PM EDT

Nairobi, October 24, 2012–Unidentified gunmen killed a journalist in the Somaliland town of Las Anod on Tuesday, the first work-related fatality CPJ has documented in the semi-autonomous republic.

Somaliland police detain journalists in Borama

October 2, 2012 12:17 PM EDT

Police from the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland detained two journalists without charge on September 13, 2012, and released them four days later, according to local journalists.

Somaliland police beat TV reporter with rubber pipe

August 6, 2012 4:47 PM EDT

A journalist in the northern breakaway republic of Somaliland was attacked by police while covering a child custody dispute in a local court on August 4, 2012, according to local journalists and news reports.

CPJ calls on Somaliland president to end press crackdown

June 13, 2012 6:02 PM EDT

Dear President Ahmed Mohamoud Silyano: We are writing to express our alarm over deteriorating conditions for independent journalists in Somaliland. The Committee to Protect Journalists has monitored 58 cases of journalist detentions by authorities since the beginning of the year. We urge you to use your office to reverse this trend of harassment and uphold your 2010 election campaign pledge to respect and improve freedom of the press.

Abdiweli Farah and Mohamed Abdi Jama, chief editors of Ogaal and Waheen, respectively, say the government has not lived up to its promises. (CPJ/Tom Rhodes)

Mission Journal: Somaliland’s press harassed, disappointed

June 13, 2012 5:29 PM EDT

“I’m free but I don’t feel free,” said Mohamed Abdi Urad, chief editor of Yool, a critical weekly published in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland. Mohamed had just been released on May 22 after a week in detention at Hargeisa Central Police Station. His crime? “I have no idea,” he said. Mohamed had attempted to…

In Somaliland, two journalists detained without charge

April 6, 2012 5:15 PM EDT

New York, April 6, 2012–Authorities in Somaliland must immediately release two journalists who have been detained without charge for days in apparent violation of regional law, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Journalist Mohamed Abdirahman was arrested and brutally assaulted while in police custody. (Omer Albashiir)

Somaliland reporter arrested, beaten in custody

February 28, 2012 4:34 PM EST

New York, February 28, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns last week’s arrest and brutal assault of Mohamed Abdirahman, a journalist in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland.