NISA detains media activist at Mogadishu Airport

Abdalla Mumin becomes the first journalist to be arrested in Mogadishu under Hassan Sheikh's leadership since May 15 election.

News Keydmedia Online
11 October 2022

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The National Intelligence and security agency (NISA) detained a media activist on Tuesday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

Abdalla Mumin, who is the secretary General of Somali Journalists syndicate (SJS) was arrested at the city's Aden Abdulle International Airport by NISA offers.

His arrest followed a statement by the media fraternity that strongly condemned a new government directive banning the independent media Houses from broadcasting Al-Shabaab propaganda.

On Saturday 08 October, the Ministry of Information issued a directive which “prohibited dissemination of extremism ideology messages both from traditional media broadcasts and social media.

Similarly, the Ministry instructed internet service providers to suspend more than 40 online sites deemed to be Al-Shabaab mouthpiece channels disseminating terror attacks.

Prior to arrest, NISA officers raided the SJS office in Mogadishu on Monday evening, hours after calling for review of the directive which the media watchdogs termed illegal as it restricts fress freedom and denies journalists access to report both sides in the conflict.

Abdalla Mumin becomes the first journalist to be arrested in Mogadishu under Hassan Sheikh's leadership since May 15 election.

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