Alerts

MOGADISHU, Somalia 24 December 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the arbitrary detention of three SJS officials at the Aden Adde International Airport by the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and the attack against Arlaadi Media Network's news editor in Mogadishu on Saturday 24 December.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.