Alerts

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 30 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns in the strongest terms possible the unlawful arrest of four journalists of the privately-owned Eryal TV by Somaliland police in Hargeisa on Tuesday 30 July, 2019.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 29 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) welcomes the release of freelance journalist Mohamed Said Yusuf from Garowe Central Prison on Monday 29 July, 2019.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 23 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the arbitrary and brief arrest of Abdullahi Osman Adani and Hassan Wali Abukar by officers from Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Mogadishu on Tuesday 23 July, 2019. Both journalists were working for Shabelle Media Network respectively.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 23 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate calls for the Puntland authorities to respect the press freedom and detained journalist Mohamed Said Yusuf be freed from the jail in Garowe.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 17 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) expresses solidarity and stands firmly with fellow journalists in Kismayo who on Tuesday 16 July, 2019 held prayer meeting for the late two TV journalists: Mohamed Omar Sahal and Hodan Naleyeh, who were killed in Kismayo Hotel attack on Friday 13 July, 2019.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 14 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the arbitrary arrest of freelance journalist Mohamed Said Yusuf by Puntland police in Garowe on Saturday evening 13 July, 2018 and calls for Puntland authorities to immediately and unconditionally release the journalist, the latest in a string of violence against the press in Somalia.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 13 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns in the strongest terms possible the physical attack by members of Jubbaland security forces against four journalists in Kismayo on Saturday 13 July, 2019.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 12 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is saddened to learn the tragic death of Mohamed Omar Sahal (aka Ga’ma Dhere), SBC TV correspondent based in Kismayo and Hodan Naleyeh, TV journalist and founder of Integration TV – both among killed in Kismayo hotel attack on Friday 12 July, 2019.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 8 July, 2019 - Somali Journalists Syndicate is gravely is gravely concerned by the draconian and preventive media bill (as amended) passed by Somalia’s Lower House parliament on Monday, 8 July, 2019 and calls for the Upper House to review and open consultations with journalists and media representatives and their input added into the bill.