Friday, December 14th, 2012
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| Editor-in-Chief of Waaheen, Mohamoud Abdi Jama |
The Editor-in-Chief of Waaheen,
Mohamoud Abdi Jama, was summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
and detained on a court warrant issued by the Hargeisa regional court.
CID officials told the editor that the warrant was based on the paper’s
coverage of events organized by independent human rights activities
commemorating the 2012 Human Rights Day.
At the event the Chairman of the
independent human rights activist spoke about rampant corruption by the
government of public funds and in particular that funds for the National TV are
diverted by the Son-in-Law of the President. Other speakers made similar
corruption allegations. CID officials told Mr. Jama that he must prove
the allegations made by the speakers and that he will be brought in front of a
judge on Saturday 15 December.
Transparency has recently included
Somaliland as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
Mr. Jama has been detained many
times and served more than a month under a three-year sentence imposed on him
in 2010 for covering an interview by the then police commissioner. He was
subsequently awarded the 2011 CNN Africa Freedom of the Press Award. This
will be the second time Somaliland courts find fault for reporting on what
officials say at public events.
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