Somali president asked not to sign “deadly” media bill into law

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as “Farmajo,” not to sign Somalia’s newly approved media bill into law because it would open the way for criminal prosecutions for ordinary press offences and would undermine efforts by the authorities in the past year to defend press freedom. Somali journalists will have good reason to be worried if Farmajo signs the media bill, which had been debated for the past two years.

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