Somalia's Media Council Condemns Police Attack TV Station and Arrest of Journalists

Somalia's Media Council Condemns Police Attack TV Station and Arrest of Journalists

Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Independent Media Council of Somalia has strongly condemned the unlawful detention and violent assault of four journalists from 5 Somali TV by Somali police forces. The incident occurred while the journalists were carrying out their professional duties at the station's headquarters in Mogadishu.

Police Release four journalists from custody in Mogadishu

Security Forces in Mogadishu released last night four practicing journalists from police detention after they spent hours in police captivity. The journalists were working for 5TV and were arrested from the television headquarters yesterday. The security forces did not inform them the reason for their apprehension. Lawmaker Adan Osman Hussein alias Qoryooley who is a member of Somalia’s Federal Parliament criticized the arrest of the journalists…

Police in Somalia raid TV Station in the Capital – Somali Dispatch

MOGADISHU (SD) – Somali police forces have arrested four employees of the independent TV station 5 Somali TV after raiding their headquarters in the Hodan district. According to reports, three journalists and one cameraman were taken from the office, and computers and cameras were previously seized, as confirmed by the station’s director, Fu’aad Xaaji Cabdi Wali. The director stated that CID officers forcefully entered the station during working…