Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) welcomes the release of the privately-owned independent Bulsho TV correspondent Abdirahman Keyse Tungub from Las’anod prison where he was arbitrarily detained for 16 days without charges.
The journalist told SJS that he was freed on Wednesday morning around 10.35am local time.
“I am free now and heading to my home,” he told SJS shortly after he was released around 10.35am local time on Wednesday. “The police orallly told me that I am free to go.”
Colleagues and Abdirahman himself told Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) that his release was ordered by the Governor of Sool region, Abdiqani Mohamud Jiirre.
The journalist is still under medication following a leg injury resulted by shrapnel from a gunshot by the police on the day of his arrest.
“I am taking my medication and planning to take rest for a while before I resume my journalism work,” he told SJS.
While SJS welcomes the release of the journalist, we also demand the arrest of the police officer who shot the bullet that resulted Abdirahman’s injury.