Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws
Police officers in Mogadishu’s Bondhere district briefly detained and harassed Somali Cable TV reporter, Abdullahi Farah Nur, and slapped his cameraman Abdirahman Omar on the face, while both were collecting vox-pops on the shortage of masks and gloves in the local markets due to the panic of COVID-19 pandemic. The pair was detained but then released without any charge.