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SJS and SOMA Officials Call for the Release of Three Journalists Detained in Somaliland

Officials from the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) have called upon authorities to release three journalists detained in Somaliland.

SJS and SOMA officials issued a call to the Somaliland government to release the journalists during this year’s World Press Freedom Day on May 3.

The journalists were arrested and detained in Hargeisa.

According to a report compiled by SJS and SOMA, 37 journalists have been arrested in Somalia and Somaliland since January 1, 2022.