Somalia - In past week in Somaliland, 25 journalists arrested, four still held and TV station closed

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is worried by events of the past week affecting the media in the breakaway northwestern territory of Somaliland, in which a total of 25 journalists were arrested and a television station, HornCable TV, was closed in Hargeisa, the territory's capital. The organization accuses the authorities to trying to intimidate the media and calls for the release of four journalists still being held illegally. “This wave of arrests of journalists is without precedent in (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 16 janvier 2012