Somalia: IFJ Calls On New Somali Government to Repeal Press Freedom Restrictions in Media Law

press release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the new government in Somalia to take swift and decisive action to repeal controversial clauses in media law 2007, passed by the former Transitional Federal Government and to make a commitment to genuinely safeguarding media freedom and journalists' rights.

According to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), an affiliate of the IFJ, the media law enacted in 2007 includes many provisions that undermine journalists' rights, media freedom and are contrary to international standards of freedom of expression.

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