Puntland 01 November,2008 :: The Somali Journalists Rights Agency (SOJRA) is shocked to find out and condemning the arrest of freelancer journalist Abdi-asiis Suleiman Ahmed, in Las’anood on 01 November, 2008 and this is not the first imprisonment of this journalist inside Las’anood district in Soul region.

Journalists in Las’anood have been receiving in the past months all sorts of threats from the administration who is keen to silence journalists.

“Las’anood officials in Somaliland administration adapted to directly and indirectly terrify journalists who want to report neutrally and in parallel” said Daud Abdi Daud, SOJRA Executive Director. “And we strappingly require Las’anood authorities to respect journalists’ professional rights and to release Suleiman straight away and unreservedly” he added.