The IPI global network condemns the continued arbitrary detention of journalists Busharo Ali Mohamed and Abdiqani Hussein Abokor in Somaliland and demands their unconditional and immediate release. Their arrest is a violation of press freedom and is a sign of the Somaliland authorities’ intolerance toward critical reporting. Busharo and Abdiqani were arrested and detained on […]

  IPI monitoring of press freedom violations in May noted the escalation of attacks on journalists in Somalia. A total of 49 incidents of press freedom violations were documented across 18 countries with the highest number of incidents occurring  in Somalia.  One example of such attacks took place on  May 1, 2023 when three journalists […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and IMS (International Media Support) are proud to announce this year’s shortlist for the IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer award. These are 10 outstanding organizations on five continents that are blazing trails in defence of the public’s right to independent news. The IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer award is presented to organizations […]

The IPI global network strongly condemns the rearrest in Somalia of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, a respected press freedom advocate and the secretary general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS). Somali authorities must immediately and unconditionally release him and end their attacks on press freedom. Security forces detained Mumin at the Jazeera Hotel, in Mogadishu, the […]