Somalia - Militia arrests three journalists, threatens radio station

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns three new arrests of journalists by the Al-Shabaab militia. They are radio Markabley manager Ahmed Omar Salihi, who was arrested yesterday and was held overnight in the southern city of Bardhere, and two of the station's reporters, Mohamed Salad Abdulle and Mohamed Abdikarim, who were arrested earlier yesterday in other towns in the south and are still being held. “The continued arrests and detention of our members by the Al-Shabaab group has reached (...)

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