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Somalia: Somaliland - Prosecutions Threaten Free Expression
HRW, 8 May 2018
A string of recent prosecutions in Somaliland targeting people who spoke out on controversial issues is a dangerous attack of free expression, Human Rights Watch said today. In the… Read more »
Freedom of Expression Under Threat in Somaliland - Rights Group
Human Rights Watch has warned that a string of recent prosecutions in Somaliland targeting people who spoke out on controversial issues is a dangerous attack on free expression.
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Somalia: Somaliland Urged to Set Free a Jailed Traditional Elder
Shabelle, 8 May 2018
The traditional elders in Somalia's northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland have released a statement calling on breakaway Somaliland to free King Bur-Madow from jail. Read more »
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Somalia: UN Envoy Calls for Free, Independent Media
Shabelle, 3 May 2018
The UN top envoy in Somalia on Thursday called for free and independent news media in the Horn of Africa nation where journalists operate in a difficult environment as the World… Read more »
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Somalia: Poet Qorane Released From Jail
East African, 7 May 2018
Somali poetess Naima Ahmed Ibrahim Qorane was Monday released from prison in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway republic of Somaliland. Read more »
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Somalia: Somaliland Sentences a Prominent Elder to Five Year-Jail Term
Shabelle, 26 April 2018
Hargeisa regional court has sentenced Boqor Osman aw Muhumed Mohamed to five years in prison. Read more »
