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MOGADISHU, Somalia/ VIENNA, Austria 2 November 2023 –The International Press Institute (IPI) today, on Nov. 2, International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, joins with the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) to express our concern over the lack of progress on 11 cases of killed journalists in Somalia.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 2 November, 2023 – On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI), The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) expresses deep concern about the escalating crimes against journalists in Somalia and the persistent culture of impunity surrounding the violence against journalists.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 29 September, 2023 - Thursday marked the International Day for Universal Access to Information; however, the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) expresses its deep concern about the denial of the right to information for the minority community in Barawe, in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, following the cessation of broadcasts by their only radio station in their native language following the armed attack last month.

MOGADISHU, Somalia / Washington, U.S 15 September, 2023 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) have submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee for the case of SJS Secretary-General and human rights defender, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - 7 September, 2023 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), in collaboration with Qurium, a nonprofit foundation, has revealed that the U.S. company RayoByte, along with its affiliate Sprious, controlled the infrastructure used for the Distributed Denial-of-Service Attack (DDoS) that temporarily shut down SJS's online servers last month.

MOGADISHU/ WASHINGTON DC - The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) strongly denounce the ongoing arbitrary detention of SJS Information and Human Rights Secretary, Mohamed Ibrahim Osman Bulbul and demand his immediate and unconditional release.

Justice Abroad’s Michael Polak has submitted a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for the Information and Human Rights Secretary of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Mohamed Bulbul.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 17 August, 2023 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) vehemently denounces the egregious physical assault and unwarranted detention of journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul, SJS Information and Human Rights Secretary, by unidentified plain-clothed individuals allegedly linked to national intelligence and the police in Mogadishu today.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 11 April, 2023 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) welcomes that the secretary general Abdalle Ahmed Mumin re-gained his freedom after 166 days of routine detentions, harassment, intimidation, persecution and other threats on his life due to his work as the leader of the journalists union and his role as a fearless human rights defender.

January 31, 2023 – Rwandan authorities should allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation, drawing on international expertise, into the death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist, 90 civil society organizations and media associations said today.