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An Urgent Appeal to Release Radio Horyal Newsmen
On July 13, 2009, two Radio Horyal Newsmen were picked by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Somaliland while conducting their routine news gathering and reporting functions at the radio station's offices on Hargeisa, Somaliland . The two reporters, Mr. Mohamed Mire (Sayid) and Ahmed Suleiman (Dhuhul) continue to remain in detention without charge.
Radio Horyal is an independent radio station that have a wide listener base in the Somaliland communities at home and aboard. The government, in its efforts, to stifle the free press and control the air waves has been actively weeding out all non-government controlled media by harassing and threatening independent media organizations, and arresting journalists, reporters and newsmen at will. These two highly respected reporters are the latest casualty of the war that the government of President Dahir Riyaale Kahin has waged against the free press in Somaliland .
We demand from the Riyaale regime to release these two journalists who have not committed any crimes but were merely performing their duties as journalists to report truthfully on news events in Somaliland . We also appeal to all human rights organizations that advocate for the protection of human rights, free press and freedom of expression to demand the release of these two reporters without any further delay from this unlawful detention.
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