Press statement Detention of our Shabelle director and ransack of our studio equipments. Submitted by warka on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 18:02. http://www.shabelle.net/wararka/2008-mar-02/press-statement-detention- our-shabelle-director-and-ransack-our-studio-equipment
Detention of our Shabelle director and ransack of our studio equipments. Forces from the transitional government of Somalia have forcibly and violently entered our premises in Mogadishu, whisking away our director Mukhtar Mohamed Hiraabe under the barrels of guns while also taking some our main studio equipments. "We condemn this barbaric attack staged on our radio station by some forces of the transitional government and we call on the government leaders firstly to assure the safety of our director, Mukhtar Mohamed Hiraabe and his immediate and unconditional release" says in a statement released by Mr. Abdimaalik Yusuf Mohamud, Chairman of Shabelle Media Network. "Somalia's media is facing danger which will ultimately and surely silence the freedom of speech in Somalia and the flow of information out the country if the government doesn't respect the basics of democracy on which it was formed" adds the statement also calling on the government the return of the equipment taken. Shabelle Media and media houses in the capital have suffered enough under deadly raids and shutdowns by the transitional government and many professional journalists have fled the country after some journalists were killed by the warring sides. Shabelle Media Network ------------ Somali troops raid three radio stations Sun 2 Mar 2008, 11:42 GMT http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN242073.html Text [+] By Aweys Yusuf MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali forces closed down three radio stations during raids in search of suspected Islamist insurgents on Sunday, the stations' directors said. Troops moved against the independent stations a day after a gunfight in Mogadishu's central market between insurgents and government troops backed by Ethiopian forces killed nine people. Employees of Horn Afrik, Shabelle and Simba radios said troops took computers, cameras and radio equipment. "Government troops entered the radio station and said we must stop working. They said the radio station is closed from now on," Horn Afrik cameraman Abdi Daqane told Reuters. "We are deeply sorry that Somali journalists are still under government oppression," he added. Shabelle radio's news editor, Abdi Ismail Abdi-ud, said the soldiers took two computers and two sound mixing machines. They briefly detained the station's acting director, Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe. "They did not say we are closed but we cannot operate ... I believe the government is still showing its heavy-handedness on the free media in Somalia," he said. "It is silencing us because it does not want the radios to report that soldiers are looting properties in Bakara market." Simba, another independent station, had to shut down after government troops seized computers and microphones. "A number of government soldiers penetrated the building of Simba radio, harassing the reporters and taking three computers, three digital cameras and the radio's mixer," Simba Radio deputy director Mohamed shiil Hassan told Reuters. "They accused us of siding with and reporting the activities of the insurgents," he added. Somalia has been in chaos since warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. The violence has worsened since Somali and Ethiopian troops ousted Islamists from Mogadishu just over a year ago. Please read my aricle on SINPO at (one line!) http://zliangas.blogspot.com/2008/02/sinpfemo-better-signal-tech-analysis- by.html ________________________ http://zliangas.blogspot.com (radio tech , gadgets, grk ethics) http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload http://www.geocities.com/zliangas http://www.myspace.com/310100806 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770974854 http://del.icio.us/gr_geek1 ........ Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html