Intelligence Personnel Arrest Press Rights Advocate Abdalle Ahmed Mumin pressfreedom: Somalia
"Abdalle Ahmed Mumin is a fearless and tireless advocate for the rights of Somali journalists to report the news freely and independently. His arrest is an unacceptable aggression and is undoubtedly sending a ripple of fear through the Somali media community," said CPJ sub-Saharan Africa representative, Muthoki Mumo.
About 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11, intelligence personnel at Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport arrested Abdalle, cofounder and secretary general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate , according to the syndicate's president and cofounder, Mohamed Ibrahim Isak, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app, and Twitter posts from Somali media outlets.
In a tweet published shortly before his arrest, Abdalle reported that intelligence officials had on Monday evening attempted to force entry into the syndicate's office in Mogadishu, and harassed other tenants in the building.
Somalia's deputy information minister Abdirahman Yusuf Omar, who also goes by Adala, told CPJ via messaging app that Abdalle's arrest did not have to do with journalism or the journalist's opinions. In response to a request to clarify why Abdalle had been arrested, he said he would share information once"security agencies finalize issue.
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