06 March 2014 Authorities in Somaliland must re-open the offices of an independent newspaper in Hargeisa, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said today. According… Read More »IFJ Condemns Censorship and Intimidation of Independent Press in Somaliland
21 February 2014 A radio journalist was seriously wounded today after Al-shabaab fighters wearing suicide vests and carrying guns and grenades attacked Villa Somalia… Read More »Journalist seriously wounded in Presidential Palace attack
13 February 2014 As the World commemorates the World Radio Day, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) would like to applaud the establishment of… Read More »NUSOJ Statement on World Radio Day
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the assault, torture, mistreatment and overnight detention of broadcast journalist Ali Ilyas Abdullahi by security forces in… Read More »Journalist arrested, beaten and detained briefly in Southwest Somalia
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today criticized the Somaliland administration which has officially banned privately owned Universal TV from operating in its territory,… Read More »NUSOJ Demands Somaliland Lifts Ban on Television Network
Marking the National Press Day of Somalia, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today joined the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) to highlight… Read More »IFJ Joins Somali Affiliate To Demand End of Media Repression
After one of the worst years on record for the killing of journalists, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) renewed its call for the… Read More »NUSOJ says 2013 “deadly and dark year for media”
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today called for the immediate release of a journalist who was arrested in Las Anod town of Sool… Read More »NUSOJ calls for the release of Journalist Detained in Northern Somalia
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has strongly condemned the wave of arbitrary arrests against journalists operating in the Southern port town of Kismayo,… Read More »NUSOJ denounces media attacks in Southern Somalia
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today rejected the licensing system announced by the Ministry of Information, Posts, Telecommunication and Transport of the… Read More »Government’s media licensing system is “unlawful”, says NUSOJ
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the crackdown and ransacking of Shabelle Media Network, the leading independent media network in Somalia, by the security… Read More »Government forces raid, ransack prominent independent media outlets
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today expressed deep regret and shock at the death of the Mogadishu reporter of London-based Universal TV who… Read More »NUSOJ mourns death of journalist fatally injured in assassination attempt
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today warned of continuing violence against Somali journalists following the wounding of a television reporter in a targeted… Read More »NUSOJ Condemns Targeting of Media in Mogadishu after Journalist is hurt
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is shocked by the latest violent attack on the media in Puntland, which involved a double bomb strike… Read More »Bomb Attack on Radio Station, “Alarming Attack in Targeted Violence”
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) deplores the announcement by the Minister of Information, Posts, telecommunication and Transportation of the Federal Government that he… Read More »Draft media Law is still too repressive, says NUSOJ
National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) have watched with concern the spate of power abuses by the Deputy Minister of Information… Read More »Somali Journalists Demand Prime Minister to Call Deputy Minister of Information to order
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has welcomed the recent resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Somalia.… Read More »IFJ Welcomes UN Resolution on Protection of Media Rights in Somalia
On the occasion of the International Right to Information Day (28 September 2013) the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today called on the… Read More »Statement on the occasion of September 28, commemorating International Right to Information Day
As delivered by Omar Faruk Osman, Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) Mister President H.E. Abdi Farah Shirdoon, Prime Minister… Read More »Statement on High-LevelStand Alone Interactive Dialogue on Somalia at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly protests the Puntland State of Somalia’s closure of a private television station in Garowe. In an official… Read More »NUSOJ condemns closure of private TV station
