Somalia: Newspaper's Provincial Correspondent Held By Police

press release

Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of reporter Ahmed Aadan Dhere, who was arrested on 27 September 2007 in the city of Berbera, in the west of the northern breakaway state of Somaliland, and has been held ever since at Berbera police headquarters. Dhere is the correspondent of "Haatuf", a privately-owned daily based in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa.

"The Somaliland authorities have a tendency to arrest journalists whenever they think it is in their interest, but if media issues are involved, this constitutes a serious violation of democratic standards," the press freedom organisation said. "In this particular case, Dhere is the victim of a conflict between a local politician and the central government. He obviously must be freed at once."

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