Somalia: FESOJ Condemns Somaliland Authority for the Closure of Horn Cable TV Station and the Arrest of Its Editor

The Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) condemns today's decision by the Somaliland Ministry of Information to suspend the operations of Horncable TV on Monday,18 November, 2019, the latest in a string of violence against the journalist and the media in Somaliland.

"Somaliland has shut down Horn Cable television Headquarter in Hargeisa, Somaliland and arbitrarily arrested the editor of the TV Mr. Abdulkadir Salebaan Aseyr known as "Codey" who is now detained in the Criminal Investigation Department in Hargeisa" Director General of Horn Cable TV confirmed to FESOJ on the phone.

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