Police Forces Arrested & Terrified 14 Journalists, 5 Staffers of Shabelle Media Network
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Mogadishu, 15 September 2007 - The National Union of Somali Journalists is powerfully denouncing the police's forced entry of the building of Shabelle Media Network, in which the police forces of the Somalia's Transitional Federal Government briefly arrested and terrified 14 journalists and 5 support staff, including the management of the Popular Radio.
This attack happened Saturday morning (15 September 2007) when the station's personnel were in their daily staff meeting. The police force accused the employees of the Radio of throwing a grenade to the police. According to Shabelle Management, the journalists and the supporting staff were released after nearly two hours and thirty minutes in detention and in awful condition.
Names of journalists and other staffers arrested are:
1. Bashiir Nuur Geedi
2. Baabul Noor Mohamed
3. Mohamed Abdi Farah
4. Abdirahman Yusuf
5. Abdikadir Ahmed Olad
6. Abdinur Mohamed Kediye
7. Abdullahi Tajirow
8. Mohamed Omar Shiine
9. Mohamed Ibrahim Raghe
10. Mekail Rashiid Barre
11. Abdirisak Warsame
12. Sahro Yusuf Mohamed
13. Ifrah Abdi Samad
14. Farhiye Sheikh Mohamed
15. Mohamed Hassan
16. Abdi Mohamed
17. Mohamed Ahmed Geelle
18. Ali Mohamed Said
19. Aidid Abdirahman
This information is disseminated by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). NUSOJ takes the responsibility of the information expressed inside this mail, and any organization, union or group is allowed to recopy or republish this information.
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