Somalia:
Government Shuts Down Radio Shabelle And
Arrests Its Staff
10 August 2007
Posted to
the web 10 August 2007
Mogadishu
Somali's transitional
government has shut down Shabelle radio, it
is one of the major media station in
Mogadishu on Friday morning and arrested
some of its staff working there.
Around 9:45am local
time, the Somali army raided the station
entering the radio's rooms and arrested
most of the journalists on work. they
have taken them into the custody And
ordered the shut down the station
temporarily
The Radio management
is claims that" the Ethiopian embassy
threatened to Shabelle that it would be
closed over how it covers the current
stories."
It is not yet clear
why the current government closed down
Shabelle radio this time.
The acting chairman of
Shabelle Media Network and other nine of its
staff including reporters, anchors,
presenters and technician.
The arrested staff
members include:
1. Jafar Mohamed Kukay
the acting chairman of Shabelle Media
Network.
2. Nimo Hassan Abdi,
(reporter)
3. Aideed Abdirahman
(reporter)
4 Ahmed Tajir, news
anchor
5. Abdinor Mohamed
Kediye (reporter) and News Caster
6. Mustafa Hussein
Omar (Presenter)
7. Cali Ajeey. (Farsamo
yaqaan).