Authorities free Radio Simba manager and reporter


Reporters Without Borders

12 October 2007

(RSF/IFEX) - Abdullahi Abdi Farah, the manager of privately-owned Radio Simba, and Mohamed Farah, one of his journalists, were released late on 11 October 2007 after being held all day. Their station was allowed to resume broadcasting, Reporters Without Borders has learned from Omar Faruk Osman, the secretary-general of its partner organisation, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). No charges are being brought against them.

For further information, contact Léonard Vincent at RSF, 5, rue Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 84, fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51, e-mail: africa rsf.org, Internet: http://www.rsf.org





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