Hayaan Media Development Center (HMDC) has strongly condemned the silence of  Markablay Radio Station in Baardhere of southern Somalia that stopped broadcasting its media services after it is ordered by Al shabaab not to air any news story about the internationally recognized Somali Federal Government .

The silence of the Radio came after Al-shabaab today arrested Ahmed Omer Salihi who is Director of the Radio and reporter of Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu but later released after few hours in detention.

Speaking to the freelance journalists and reporters in the region, Salihi said we cannot continue our duty of broadcasting because of the orders given by Al-Shabaab. “Instead of airing one side of the news story we preferred to stop working” he added. Salihi is also the secretary general of  (JIJA).

“This is all about to eradicate the independent media in southern Somalia and that is deplorable act to the free world” Abdiweli Garyare, the  East African project manager of HMDC said

Hayaan Media Development Center also concerns about the situation of the two journalists detained yesterday by militants loyal to Al-Shabaab for journalistic tasks. HMDC again calls for an immediate release of these journalists.

Somalia is the most dangerous country for journalists in Africa as more than 20 professional journalists were killed and hundreds more wounded for the last three years.

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