Human rights in Somalia

Huge human rights cases are committed in Somalia for the last two decades and among the important victims of these cases are Somali journalists. Government and other political organization have been continuously violating all media rights in Somalia. so far, these year alone 9 Somali journalist were killed in the country and 14 others were seriously injured, while their on duty.

Somali journalists and media professionals are not only risk their lives in order to publish much needed information on a highly volatile situation. In the past five years, they have also faced death threats, arrests from TFG forces, Puntland and Somaliland Authorities.

Islamist insurgent groups (Al-shabab and Hizbul Islam) and freelance armed groups also target the journalist by Killing them and making arbitrary arrests and detentions.

beatings; abductions; the closure of radio stations and other media outlets; and other restrictions on their activities and coverage have also becoming wide.

Media house directors and well known Somali writers receive death threats on quite a lot of incidents and have barely escaped assassination attempts, while some of them were assassinated. There are also some journalists and media professionals fled the country and seek refuge in to the surrounding nations and overseas countries while others apparently stopped their involvement in the broadcasting hub particularly throughout Somalia.

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