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Somalia journalist TV assaulted by police while covering COVID-19 awareness programme in Mogadishu

21.05.2020

Date:
21.05.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Somalia
Alert types:
Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws

An SBC TV journalist, Abdullahi Mohamed Sheikhdon, was assaulted by the police commissioner for Hamar Jajab district in Mogadishu. He was detained at a police station for a few hours before being released.

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