Languages:

Languages:

HomeAlerts

Alerts

Authorities raid and close down Radio Hiiraanweyn, 4 journalists detained after covering a...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 22 December 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Somalia Mechanism for Safety of the Journalists (SMSJ) condemn the raid and closure of the independent local Radio Hiiraanweyn in Beledweyne, Hiiraan region on Thursday 22 December, as well as the arbitrary detention of four of Radio Hiiraanweyn journalists after covering an al-Shabaab attack in the central Somalia region.

SJS condemns new restrictions and censorship orders imposed on local media, calls upon Som...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 19 December 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the new instructions by the Villa Somalia to censor local media stations by demanding news outlets to submit written copies of their news reporting daily to Villa Somalia's directorate of communications, according to local media directors who received the new orders, the latest in a string of attacks against the press in Somalia.

On Human Rights Day, SJS calls on accountability for violations against freedom of express...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 December 2022 – Marking the International Human Rights Day, the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) today calls for accountability for the human rights violations in Somalia, including the abuses committed against journalists and the media community.

Threats, arbitrary detention against Somali journalists on the rise amid crackdown on free...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 04 December, 2022– Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is extremely concerned by the rise of physical threats, harassment and arbitrary detention against journalists working in Somalia forcing some of the media workers to begin fleeing the country for their safety.

ALERT: Three SJS officials detained in Baidoa airport

MOGADISHU, Somalia 30 November 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is appalled by the arbitrary detention of three SJS officials in Baidoa airport by the Southwest State intelligence on Wednesday morning 30 November, as we call for Somalia's Southwest State authorities to immediately and unconditionally release them.

Somali Media fraternity call for the Benadir regional court to dismiss the case against S...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 26 November 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is dismayed by the unprecedented level of pressure and intimidation against the judges at the Banadir Regional Court by the Ministry of Information officials in an attempt to influence the court and prolong the case as SJS Secretary-General Abdalle Ahmed Mumin's bail ends today.

Somali authorities set new conditions to drop charges and free Abdalle Mumin

MOGADISHU, Somalia 16 November 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somalia Mechanism for Safety of the Journalists (SMSJ) reject the new demands put forward by the Somalia Federal Government’s Ministry of Information in exchange for the freedom of SJS Secretary-General, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin who is currently out on bail.

51 Somali journalists complete training funded by the U.S Embassy

MOGADISHU, Somalia 05 November 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) completed a journalism training course on professionalising Somali media inline with freedom of expression benefitting 51 journalists across six regions in Somalia.

Prominent TV journalist killed, two others injured in Mogadishu bombings

MOGADISHU, Somalia 29 October, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somali Mechanism for the Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) strongly condemn the killing of Universal TV journalist, Mohamed Isse Koonaa and the injuries of Reuters photojournalist, Feisal Omar and M24 TV journalist and Voice of America freelancer, Abdukadir Mohamed Abdulle in a terrorist attack in Mogadishu today.

Follow us & Subscribe

X Feed

Alerts

Reports