Uproar over attacks on journalists in Somalia

Journalists unions in Somalia have been rallying against the raiding of a community radio station, Radio Barawe and arrest of its director, Osman Bahar. Bahar has since been freed and the station is back on air but journalists remain worried about continued attacks on media freedoms.

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(Picture: Somali journalists simulating to be handcuffed and presenting the picture of their colleague arrested, Abdiaziz Abdinor Ibrahim, participate in a meeting for condemning his long term in jail on January, 27, 2013 in Mogadishu. Photo Credit: MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB HAJIABIKAR via Getty Images)