Somalia: TV Station Raided, Journalists Detained

press release

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has lashed out at Somaliland for the latest bout of repression of media freedom following "unwarranted" closure of private television network, arrest of 9 media practitioners, and "illegal" detention of eight reporters.

On 14 January, at around 6:45pm, Somaliland police stormed the main headquarters of HornCable TV in Hargeisa and sealed the offices. The police threw out the staff. Two production studios of the television network in Haregisa, which were not in the same building of the headquarters, were also closed down.

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