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Somalia: Radio Journalist, Mohamed Bashir Hashi, Detained Along with Interviewee

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes is greatly concerned by the pattern of judicial harassment of journalists in Somalia.

(Washington, D.C) - On 21 November 2013, Somali security services arrested and detained human rights defender and journalist Mr Mohamed Bashir Hashi, in connection with his work with a 19 year-old victim of sexual violence. Both he and the victim, whom he had interviewed for a radio programme, remain in detention.

Mohamed Bashir Hashi is a radio journalist working for Radio Shabelle, one of Somali's most well-known independent radio stations. He serves as the head of the Mogadishu branch of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).