Somalia - Call for Voice of Peace director's “immediate and unconditional” release in Puntland

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities of the semi-autonomous northeastern region of Puntland to immediately release radio Voice of Peace director Awke Abdullahi Ali, who has been held in the region's capital, Bossasso, for nearly two months. Ali has not been charged although, under the law, no one should be held for more than 48 hours without charge. At the same time as it urges Puntland's authorities to stop harassing journalists, Reporters Without Borders is also concerned (...)

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