Somalia: Concerns Over Media Freedom and Press Suppression in Somalia
Concerns are rising over media freedom in Somalia as Shabelle TV and radio face pressure from state-sponsored entities. Articles critical of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud are being removed from social media, while pro-government narratives remain unaffected. The Shabelle Media Network calls for government restraint and urges the international community to advocate for press freedom.
- ▪Shabelle Media Network is experiencing coordinated pressure from state-sponsored minders in Somalia.
- ▪News articles critical of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud are being removed from social media platforms.
- ▪The media organization calls on the government and international community to support press freedom.
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Mogadishu, Somalia — The platforms of Shabelle TV and radio are once again under what looks like coordinated and selected pressure activities from state-sponsored minders in Somalia. News articles about opposition activities, which are critical of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, whose mandate of four years has ended recently, are instantly removed on our Facebook page after state surrogates using fake companies for a claim of copyright violations manipulate Facebook's community and copyright guidelines. For more clarity, news articles about the government and narratives in favor of it are untouched and continue to remain be published on our Facebook page.
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