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In Somalia and Somaliland, no reprieve is in sight for journalists
- Published at
- 07.07.2023
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- religious groups
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- non state actors

Journalists continue to be targeted systematically
- Published at
- 28.04.2023
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Somaliland: Media and journalists face new wave of attacks
- Published at
- 30.11.2022
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- killing of journalist
- harassment
- HRD acquitted
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- office raid
- protest
- CSO closure
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

Ahead of the elections, journalists and media outlets face brutal repression
- Published at
- 13.05.2022
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- journalist detained

Onslaught on journalists unrelenting
- Published at
- 29.10.2021
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- journalist detained
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened

Ongoing political crisis and intensified media crackdown
- Published at
- 24.06.2021
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- political interference

Two-year presidential term extension threatens to further destabilise the country
- Published at
- 16.04.2021
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- protest

Delayed elections and political crisis: at least eight killed in opposition protests and clashes
- Published at
- 06.04.2021
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- non state actors

Journalist arrested, protesters denounce remarks by French president
- Published at
- 04.11.2020
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- protest
- restrictive law

Journalists face persistent onslaught, new media law further threatens expression
- Published at
- 16.10.2020
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- office raid
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- journalist detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

Journalists bear the brunt of repression of expression in Somalia
- Published at
- 07.08.2020
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
- women
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted