The authorities
of the self declared breakaway republic Somaliland in northwest Somalia
arrested an international reporter for Al-Jazeera English Channel Mohamed Addow
on Monday, reports said on Wednesday.
Police wearing
in civilian dress from Somaliland intelligence Service raided the hotel where
Addow stayed and drove him into the jail without any question.
“I was only
told that I was arrested for a news coverage I made about Lasanod but I don’t know
what was wrong with story, and I am in this jail for two days.” Addow told a local
reporter for Waagacusub Media who secretly visited him in the prison.
The Al-Jazeer
international correspondent has been in Somaliland for the coverage of the
elections taking place over there. He is the second journalist put into custody
in Hargeysa for the last 48 hours.
Some reports
say that Ethiopian government involves the arrest of Mohamed Addow using Somaliland
as a tool.
The arrest
of Al-Jazeera’s Mohamed Addow by the Somaliland government could draw local and
international condemnations.
The chairman
of Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) Dahir Abdulle Alasow has strongly condemned
the arrest of the Al-jazeera reporter by the Somaliland administration as acceptable
and in violation against the free press.
Mr. Alasow
also expressed his concern over the detention of Mohamed Rashid Omar, a local reporter
for Sahafi newspaper. Omar was detained by the Somaliland police on Tuesday
over a news article about an introductory result on the election votes.
“The
decision in which Mohamed Addow and Mohamed Rashid were arrested is a total oppression
against the freedom of media and the democratic approach.” Said Alasow.
He said
Somaliland should not try to intimidate the independent media and called on
them to immediately release the Al-Jazeera correspondent.
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