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State of Press Freedom in Somalia 2023: Cyber-Attack, Arbitrary Detentions and Judicial Ha...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 March 2024 - The lack of transparency surrounding the assassination of Somali Cable TV director Abdifatah Moalim Nur (Qeys) by a suicide bomber in Mogadishu on October 16, 2023 and the unwillingness by Somali government’s security agencies to investigate the attack, serves as a stark reminder of Somalia’s failure to uphold its commitments to ensuring the safety and security of journalists.

WPFD: Somali journalists subjected to threats, beating, arbitrary detention as authorities...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 3 May 2023 - The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is yet alarmed by the continued attacks including threats, beating, obstruction from reporting public interest stories, which further puts the journalists and media workers at risk to report certain issues.

WPFD2023: Facebook’s mass reporting, community standards constantly used to censor a...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 2 May 2023 - On World Press Freedom Day, the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is concerned about the increasing use of Facebook community standards and mass reporting to suppress and censor Somali journalists whose reporting is deemed critical.

SJS Annual Report 2022: State of Press Freedom in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia 31 January 2023 - Somalia is regarded as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, as they face threats from both government and militant groups like Al-Shabab and a few clan militias. The country has topped the list of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Global Impunity Index for the eighth consecutive year making it the most dangerous country for journalists in Africa.

Somalia: Restrictions on access to information entrenching self-censorship among the media...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 28 September 2022 – On the International Day for Universal Access to Information, Somali journalists have little to celebrate about. The often precarious and volatile environment is coupled with restrictions on access to information, duress and insecurity.

SMSJ: Attacks against Somali journalists and media and impunity for these crimes must end

MOGADISHU, Somalia 24 June, 2022 – The Somali Mechanism for the Safety of Journalists (SMSJ), a network coalition of seven journalists’ unions and media houses associations, on Thursday published its annual monitoring report covering the state of journalists’ safety and media freedom in Somalia.

Repressed and Threatened: Journalists blocked from covering elections across Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 March, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemn the restrictions and blocking of independent media and journalists seeking to observe and report on the process of the indirect elections in Somalia; and express serious concern at the repression and threats against journalists dealing with allegations of irregularities, harassment of candidates and looting of seats in Mogadishu and in the federal Member States.

State of Press Freedom in Somalia 2021: Silencing Journalists through Targeted Attacks, Re...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 10 January, 2022 – Somali journalists were once again subjected to violence and deliberate attacks by the security forces of the federal government, regional states and the militant group al-Shabaab. Covering insecurity, the continued deadlock in federal elections and the reports concerning allegations of human rights violations, power abuse and corruption within the government are key red line for media professionals in Somalia.

Journalists found it difficult to access information about government’s response to Covid1...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 03 July 2021 - Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is concerned about the denial of access to information by the health authorities at federal and state level violating national and international law’s obligations on access to information and public health and derailing efforts to raise public awareness to save lives.

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