Somaliland Police Beat Journalist in Hargeysa
MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the violations against journalist which continues in Somalia as Somaliland police has beaten seriously a Television journalist in Hargeysa.
Mohamed Abdi Kahin aka Boosh, who works for both a Somali new website Ramaas and Royal Television 24 respectively, was seriously beaten by Somaliland police on Thursday Oct. 27, 2011 at Shacabka neighborhood in Hargeysa, in proud daylight. The police accused the journalist for taking recently published photographs.
“When I was seriously beaten, I requested them to take to the police station.” Mohamed Abdi Kahin told NUSOJ, “But they refused me to file even my case to the police.”
“We condemn the strongest terms possible and call for the Somaliland authorities to investigate the case thoroughly and stop the harassment of the journalists and the obstruction of the freedom of the expression.” Mohamed Ibrahim, the Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists said, “It is unlawful and inhuman to beat a journalist or any other human what so ever the circumstance might be and the violations against journalists in Somaliland has to end.”
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) documented at least a dozen press freedom cases in Somaliland. NUSOJ asks for the United Nations, Human rights Organizations and press freedom groups to intervene the worsening and the climate for journalists in Somaliland and the rest of the Somalia.
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National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)
