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In a new crackdown on free press, Somali police arrest 19 journalists reporting on Al-Shabaab attack on president’s convoy
In a new crackdown on free press, Somali police arrest 19 journalists reporting on Al-Shabaab...
In a new crackdown on free press, Somali police arrest 19 journalists reporting on Al-Shabaab...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 19 March 2025 –  The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is alarmed by the escalating crackdown...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 19 March 2025 –  The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is alarmed by the escalating

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Somali journalist Mohamed Abukar Dabaashe killed in Al-Shabaab bomb attack in Mogadishu
Somali journalist Mohamed Abukar Dabaashe killed in Al-Shabaab bomb attack in Mogadishu...
Somali journalist Mohamed Abukar Dabaashe killed in Al-Shabaab bomb attack in Mogadishu...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 18 March 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the Al-Shabaab bomb explosion...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 18 March 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the Al-Shabaab bomb

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Somali police shut down an independent radio station and arrested five journalists after reporting on the bombing attack on the president’s convoy in Mogadishu
Somali police shut down an independent radio station and arrested five journalists after reporting...
Somali police shut down an independent radio station and arrested five journalists after reporting...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 18 March 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA)...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 18 March 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association

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Female journalist detained for exposing health hazard from government officials’ rubbish amid media crackdown in Mogadishu
Female journalist detained for exposing health hazard from government officials’ rubbish...
Female journalist detained for exposing health hazard from government officials’ rubbish...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 17 March, 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the unlawful detention...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 17 March, 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the unlawful

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SJS urges Somaliland to lift Universal TV ban and calls for press freedom in Southwest State
SJS urges Somaliland to lift Universal TV ban and calls for press freedom in Southwest State...
SJS urges Somaliland to lift Universal TV ban and calls for press freedom in Southwest State...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 4 March 2024 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls on the Somaliland authorities to...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 4 March 2024 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls on the Somaliland authorities

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Database of Violations Against Media Freedom In Somalia/Somaliland.

Since its inception in 2019, the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) has been dedicated to monitoring and documenting violations against media freedom in Somalia and Somaliland. Initially conducted manually, this monitoring and documentation effort underwent a transformative shift in 2023. With the invaluable support provided by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), SJS established the first-ever database dedicated to documenting violations against media freedom in the region.
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State of Press Freedom in Somalia 2023: Cyber-Attack, Arbitrary Detentions and Judicial Ha...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 March 2024 - The lack of transparency surrounding the assassination of Somali Cable TV director Abdifatah Moalim Nur (Qeys) by a suicide bomber in Mogadishu on October 16, 2023 and the unwillingness by Somali government’s security agencies to investigate the attack, serves as a stark reminder of Somalia’s failure to uphold its commitments to ensuring the safety and security of journalists.

WPFD: Somali journalists subjected to threats, beating, arbitrary detention as authorities...

WPFD2023: Facebook’s mass reporting, community standards constantly used to censor a...

SJS Annual Report 2022: State of Press Freedom in Somalia

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SMSJ: Attacks against Somali journalists and media and impunity for these crimes must end

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