Somalia - In tougher line on independent media, violence used to close radio

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the violent police raid on the Shabelle Media Network building in Mogadishu on 26 October and by the eviction and closure of the two radio stations it housed, Radio Shabelle and Sky FM. “We condemn the incredibly violent police assault on Shabelle Media Network and the mistreatment of Radio Shabelle and Sky FM journalists, who were beaten as Radio Shabelle continued to broadcast until the police cut its signal and occupied its studios,” Reporters (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 28 octobre 2013