Somali authorities set new conditions to drop charges and free Abdalle Mumin

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somalia Mechanism for Safety of the Journalists (SMSJ) rejected the new demands put forward by the Somalia Federal Government’s Ministry of Information in exchange for the freedom of SJS Secretary-General, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin who is currently out on bail.

On Tuesday 15 November, at a meeting with the media advocates, the Ministry of Information put two ominous conditions in return for Abdalle Mumin’s freedom and the charges against him dropped and that Abdalle Mumin should quit his media advocacy work and that he abandons future criticism of the authorities.

The Somali media advocacy organizations have condemned the ongoing persecution and threats against Abdalle Mumin as they call the Banadir Regional Court and the Office of the Attorney General to unconditionally drop the case which they believe is politically motivated.