Kayse says:

I personally wrote to CPJ regarding the five or so journalists held illegally in Hargeisa, Berbera and Borama. I'm glad the issue is out and CPJ got the backing of such names.

Kayse says:

Dear Mr (name removed)

I want to notify your organization and all concerned bodies that the government in Hargeisa has taken two independent reporters into custody on Tuesday morning during they covering of a major land dispute confrontations that left scores dead.

They are Mohamed Abdi Urad (editor) and Khadar Hayan Hassan (camera man) of Yool newspaper.

May 17 2012

Anything illegal will be notified. I have also written to the British government and their respond was they are plan to investigate the militia that Silanyo used against the civilians who are receiving British taxpayers money.

In this technological age, no does not need a megaphone nor a gun to make some noise and bring the world's attention to pressing issues. All you need is documentation, dates, when, where, how and who and just your Laptop as well as photos or even a video.

What will Silaanyo do now?

Omer Hussein Dualeh says:

Mr. J. Simon, to begin with the journalism is an industry that requires knowledge and wisdom, and our journalist are lacking both. There is no single journalist in Somaliland who studied journalism in Somaliland except one, and that is the problem we face with them. Don't think everything they say is correct, and furthermore, they cannot differentiate what is allowed in journalism and what is not, but hungry to report anything that comes on their way. We are building a country here, and most of what they report is instigation and tribal slogans that we need to avoid. Therefore, you better check what exactly the complainants are and the action taken by whoever they are complaining from.

The situation in my country is not the one that you have in the West, and we are trying to build a fragile peace, and you should not treat us, like those country in Europe or America. Don't take anything they report to you final, but investigate and find the truth.

.soa says:

I agree with Omer Hussein in Somaliland journalism is required more than anything lack of the basic journalism ethics and knowledge will endanger the peace and the stability of our country. ignorant clan leaders are misusing the free media and instigating hate, some clan leaders by ordering the authority to aarrest the mps and the individuals who express their view about the injustice that is wrong such instigation should not be released. Who shot the judge? gussing and punsishing innocent individuals is injustice and collective and tribal instigation is what cause the collapse of Somalia state. so the media and those reporting should be hold accountable for everthing they reporting that causes instability.they sould seek knowledge this field is a profession just like a doctore. you cant operate a heart patient with no knowledge.

cimraan says:

Before anyone make a judgement one listens to both sides. Journalist in Somaliland are not journalist in the real sense of the word. One simple reason they are not trained. To be a journalist in Somaliland just take a mike and a paper Id and write what you want. If you want to see what is the problem see what these people are writing in the daily news papers. They are NOT professional, untrained and could BE influence with 20 bucks to write anything you want. I think in order to over come this problem, this profession needs to have standards.

Kayse says:

You have waited twenty years for Haji Ixtiraaf (Garadagland's magic bullet), how come some of you are so selfish, I mean you live abroad, you hardly visit this "wonderful country" that you speak of yet, you don't want the locals to seek opportunities else where.

The same way you went abroad for better education and life, northern Somalis will today seek their fellow Somalis in the south to seek if they could join hands for a better Somalia for all.

While your living in comfort somewhere in the West, Middle East or beyond, do not expect them to waste their lives from another twenty years.

You give them your passports and return back and make yourself at home among the trash.

In life everyone wants bread, water, peace and the good life—no one cares about Somaliland or Haji Ixtiraaf.

Everyone will abandon Silaanyo, maybe he will arrest his in-law aka Somaliland.org mohahahahaha

issahassan says:

This just gets to show what the S/l goverment does! NOTHING, they waste the British tax payers money on khat. I haven’t heard anything that has been made available except for the free 10cent education system. I think that a dream that CANNOT be achieved, even more impossible than somaliweyn is Somaliland.

In REALITY the only thing that the silanyo goverment is good for is trying to act like a REAL goverment.
I dare you guys to visit s/l its going to be like the siad barre regime where he favoured a clan more but did not show it. and where he put all his work in one city! ie mogadiishu but in silanyo’s case (hargeisa).
Its going to fall without reognition, IF you dont believe me, go and see it for yourselfs, go to laascaanood or boramo and see if it is built like burco or berbera? FACE THE FACTS!

cimraan says:

Defending Affweyne or his Faqa666sh regime is evil. It is like defending the satan. And if you doing that to anoy Somalilanders you succeeded. but you also succeeded to secure them rath and my animosity. There are no good old days before the seperation. Only an equivelent of hittler third riech. the reminents of this regime need to be hunted and excuted no matter what rank they had. If Somalilanders are good enough to forget about them and for goodnece sake them they should be grateful and stay hiden in their holes and never come out.

mohamed cheers says:

It's now Kayse or the Somaliland Govt in power.
Cheers.

Kayse says:

Lack of education due to the isolation you have created is no reason to be behind bars. This Somaliland project is flawd, you will go to prison because they denied you quality education because of them being stuck on the past. You will go to prison for being hungry because the would refuses to recignize two subclans as government.

These reporters must be released immediatly this is no better than Siad regime but atleast during Siad there was quality education and life. Silanyo is broke he cant relocate from Morgan's house who was just a general. A general in Somalia then lived a better life than a northern "president". Ordinary life has became worse too.