Human Rights

Global Recognition: SJS SG Abdalle Mumin among finalists for 2025 Allard Prize for International Integrity

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 17 April 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) proudly welcomes the announcement of the finalists for the 2025 Allard Prize for International Integrity—one of the world's most prestigious honors recognizing exceptional courage in the fight against corruption and the…

UN: Surge in Displacement as Clashes and Drought Grip Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) – Continued fighting and worsening drought conditions have displaced more than 110,000 people across Somalia in recent weeks, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Wednesday.

Somali Bantu General Sheegow Dies in Custody, Reigniting Debate Over Historical Marginalization

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER / KAAB TV) – On Friday, Somalia's Bantu community laid to rest their military commander, General Sheegow Ahmed Ali, who died under suspicious circumstances after spending 20 months in detention in Mogadishu.

Somalia: NISA Transfers Kidnapped Opposition Politician to Police Custody

MOGADISHU, Somalia (KAAB TV) — Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has transferred opposition politician Abdirahman Suleiman Jama to a police detention cell, following what colleagues and rights groups have described as an "abduction-style" arrest.

Why Everyone Must Stand up for Human Rights in Somalia?

MOGADISHU, Somalia (BARAARUG) – Somalia has been in a state of protracted conflict for over three decades, and human rights violations continue to severely impact the lives of its people—particularly the most vulnerable, such as women and girls.

Somali police arrest journalists, disperse women protesting against sexual violence

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer)– The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the unlawful arrest of five journalists in Mogadishu and the confiscation of their equipment on Friday, 28 March, as they were covering a women's protest demanding accountability for two Somali girls who…

Intensified Crackdown on Journalists: Somali police raid home of SJS Secretary of Information Mohamed Bulbul in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia 27 March, 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is extremely concerned about the police raid on the residence of SJS Secretary of Information and Human Rights, Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul, on Wednesday, 26 March.

Somali Police Shut Down an Independent Radio Station and Arrested 5 Journalists After Reporting on the Bombing Attack on the President's Convoy in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 18 March 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemn the arrest of five Risaala Media Corporation journalists, who were detained today after Somali police raided and shut down their station in Mogadishu.

Somali Journalist Mohamed Abukar Dabaashe Killed in Al-Shabaab Bomb Attack in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 18 March 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the Al-Shabaab bomb explosion attack that killed a young independent journalist in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Tuesday.

Somalia: Female journalist detained for exposing health hazard from government officials' rubbish amid media crackdown in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia – 17 March, 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the unlawful detention of journalist Bahjo Abdullahi Salad of RTN TV and the raid on her home, which took place on Saturday, 15 March, 2025, in Mogadishu by members of the Somali National Intelligence…