Mogadishu, (SONNA) – Somaliland security forces forcefully entered the headquarters of MM Somali TV, assaulting journalists and abruptly ending a televised debate on X space as well as damaging broadcast equipment during a raid on January 6, 2024.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in condemning these actions as a grotesque blow to media freedom, and demands the immediate release of journalist Mohamed Abdi Sheikh, CEO of MM Somali TV, who remains in incommunicado custody, as two other journalists who were arrested with him during the raid were freed without any charges filed against them.
Source: IFJ
