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Police lead crackdown on media freedom in Somalia and Somaliland in 2025
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Police lead crackdown on media freedom in Somalia and Somaliland in 2025
MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia 31 March 2026 – Police in Somalia and Somaliland remained the primary perpetrators of attacks against independent journalists in 2025, amid a sharp rise in arrests, intimidation, and, in some cases, kidnappings—particularly targeting those critical of the authorities, the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) report found. From January to December 2025, SJS documented 148 cases of media freedom violations during the year, …
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