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A view over the Kismayo sea-port as ships load with charcoal in Somalia in March 2013. Journalist Sabir Abdulkadir Warsame was arrested by regional security forces in the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on February 8, 2018, and has been held without charge in the state capital of Kismayo. (AFP/ Phil Moore)

Somali journalist arrested, held without charge

Nairobi, February 09, 2018–Somali authorities should immediately release Sabir Abdulkadir Warsame, a broadcast journalist with the privately owned Somali Cable TV, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Sabir was arrested by regional security forces in the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on February 8 and has been held without charge in the state capital of…

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Gunmen in Kismayo attack Somali reporter

Nairobi, May 30, 2013–Authorities in the Jubbaland region of Somalia must apprehend the gunmen who attacked freelance journalist Abdulkadir Abdirisak in the southern port town of Kismayo on Wednesday evening, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

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