The International Press Institute is concerned at reports that two journalists from Radio Horyaal in Somaliland have been fined and narrowly avoided a six-month prison sentence for “disseminating information that resulted in loss of life and property.” Somaliland’s Hargeisa Regional Court on Sunday reportedly sentenced the two journalists, Mohamed Osman Mire and Ahmed Suleyman Dhuhul, […]

Two Somaliland radio journalists arrested on 13 July for allegedly inciting inter-clan violence with a broadcast appeared in court for the third time on Tuesday, Hargeisa-based Media Rights Somaliland (MeRiS) told the International Press Institute (IPI) on Wednesday. At the hearing, witness Mohamed Nur Kaahin, a Gebilay province elder, testified that nothing in the defendants’ […]

In Somaliland, two journalists working for Radio Horyaal were arrested on 13 July, for allegedly inciting clan violence, and local independent Horn Cable TV (HCTV) has been banned. The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned that this signals a media crackdown in the autonomous region of Somalia, in the run-up to presidential elections in September. […]

H.E. Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf President Office of the President Garowe Puntland State of Somalia Fax: +252-944-6503 / +252-54-54024 / +252-523-4801 Vienna, 28 April 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about the arrest of Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, […]