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| Title | Call for release of radio director in Baidoa |
| Publisher | Reporters Without Borders |
| Country | Somalia |
| Publication Date | 27 November 2008 |
| Cite as | Reporters Without Borders, Call for release of radio director in Baidoa, 27 November 2008, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/492faf245.html [accessed 31 May 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Call for release of radio director in Baidoa
Reporters Without Borders today voiced its shock at the arrest on 25 November of Hilal Sheik Shuayb, director of privately-owned Radio Warsan based in Baidoa, south-western Somalia.
His arrest, ordered by the provincial governor and former owner of the radio, Abdifatah Mohamed Ibrahim, appeared to be linked to the radio's live radio broadcast from the city's court house of the verdict against a soldier convicted of the murder of a commander, who was sentenced to death and immediately executed.
"The arrest of this journalist is unjustified. Hilal Sheik Shuayb was only doing his job and should be quickly released", the worldwide press freedom organisation said. "Somali journalists are already working in dangerous conditions and it is unfortunate that the transitional federal government should make their job even more difficult".
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), partner organisation in the country of Reporters Without Borders, said that journalists based in Baidoa, headquarters of the transitional federal government, regularly suffer severe harassment from the regional authorities.
Topics: Freedom of speech, Freedom of information, Freedom of expression,
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