Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)
Website: http://www.cpj.org/
November 27
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Somalia: BBC Journalist Held Without Charge [press release]
Somali authorities must immediately release Ibrahim Mohamed Adan, a correspondent for the Somali service of the BBC, who has been held for nearly a week in Mogadishu without... Read more »
October 30
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Somalia: Journalist Dies From Gunshot Wounds in Somalia [press release]
Authorities should conduct a thorough investigation into the October 21 shooting of journalist Mohamed Mohamud "Turyare," who died from his wounds on Sunday, and bring the... Read more »
October 25
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Somalia: In First for Somaliland, Gunmen Kill Journalist [press release]
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. Read more »
October 23
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Somalia: Journalist Shot After Leaving Mosque [press release]
Somali authorities must investigate the shooting of a journalist for a national broadcaster, identify the motive, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect... Read more »
October 10
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Somalia: Puntland Authorities Close Down Radio and Website [press release]
Security agents in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland shuttered private broadcaster Horseed FM on Saturday morning and ordered Internet service providers in the region to block... Read more »
October 3
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Somalia: Somaliland Police Detain Journalists in Borama [press release]
Police from the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland detained two journalists without charge on September 13 and released them four days later, according to local journalists. Read more »
September 28
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Somalia: Journalist Beheaded in Mogadishu [press release]
Two Somali journalists have been killed in Mogadishu in the past 24 hours, one in a brutal targeted attack, according to local journalists and news reports. Read more »
September 24
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Somalia: Three Somali Journalists Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack [press release]
Three Somali journalists were killed and at least four were injured in a suicide bomb attack in a Mogadishu café today, according to news reports and local journalists. The... Read more »
September 22
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Somalia: Fourth Somali Journalist Killed in Mogadishu in 24 Hours [press release]
Unidentified gunmen killed veteran Somali journalist Hassan Yusuf Absuge in Mogadishu this morning, just hours after he had reported on an explosion that killed 14 people including... Read more »
August 7
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Somalia: Somaliland Police Beat TV Reporter With Rubber Pipe [press release]
A journalist in the northern breakaway republic of Somaliland was attacked by police while covering a child custody dispute in a local court on Saturday, according to local... Read more »
July 10
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Somalia: Another Somali Journalist Survives Shooting [press release]
Two unidentified gunmen shot Universal TV reporter and anchor Abdulkadir Omar Abdulle on Saturday evening near his home in the southern Wadajir district of the capital, Mogadishu,... Read more »
June 18
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Somalia: Mission Journal - Somaliland's Press Harassed, Disappointed [press release]
"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. Read more »
June 14
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Somalia: CPJ Calls On President to End Press Crackdown [press release]
We are writing to express our alarm over deteriorating conditions for independent journalists in Somaliland. Read more »
June 13
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Somalia: Gunmen Shoot Journalist in Mogadishu [press release]
A Somali radio journalist was shot by two gunmen in Mogadishu on Friday, according to news reports. Read more »
June 12
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Somalia: Gunmen Shoot Somali Journalist in Mogadishu [press release]
A Somali radio journalist was shot by two gunmen in Mogadishu on Friday, according to news reports. Mohamed Nur Mohamed, who was hit twice in the abdomen, survived the attack, the... Read more »
May 28
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Somalia: At CPJ Debrief, 'New York Times' Correspondent Cites Danger, Reward [opinion]
The following is a CPJ Blog post: Read more »
May 24
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Somalia: 'We are Scared but Committed to Editorial Independence' - Shabelle Deputy Director [press release]
Assailants in Mogadishu today gunned down the host of a critical radio program, further punctuating what has already been a deadly year for the Somali press corps and for the... Read more »
May 4
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Somalia: Gunmen Kill Journalist in Puntland [press release]
Two unidentified men shot and killed Somali journalist Farhan Jeemis Abdulle on Wednesday evening as he walked home from work in Galkayo, a town in the semi-autonomous region of... Read more »
April 11
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Somalia: Two Journalists Detained Without Charge [press release]
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... Read more »
April 9
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Somalia: Two Journalists Detained Without Charge [press release]
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... Read more »
April 6
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Somalia: Fourth Journalist Killed Since Year Began [press release]
Somali authorities must immediately investigate the murder of a radio journalist who worked for the country's leading independent broadcaster and ensure the perpetrators are... Read more »
April 5
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Somalia: In Deadly Mogadishu Blast, 10 Journalists Wounded [press release]
At least 10 journalists were reported injured, several of them seriously, when a bomb ripped through Somalia's newly reopened national theater in Mogadishu, local journalists told... Read more »
March 27
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Somalia: Unknown Gunmen Shoot, Injure Journalist [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Sunday's shooting of radio journalist Mohyadin Hassan Mohamed in the capital, Mogadishu, and calls on authorities to ensure his... Read more »
March 6
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Somalia: Puntland Radio Station Closed, Director Held [press release]
Authorities in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in Somalia shut down an independent radio broadcaster and arrested the station's director over coverage of fighting between... Read more »
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Somalia: Journalist Killed in Puntland [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of a former Somali journalist who was shot on Sunday in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. The victim, Ali Ahmed Abdi,... Read more »
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