The use of military courts to try journalists constitutes a grave breach of Somalia’s constitutional guarantees and highlights an escalating legal crisis for media freedom. “The criminalisation of journalism in Somalia is not merely a legal matter for the media. It is a deeply rooted human rights crisis that has been allowed to persist through an oppressive legal order,” said Omar Faruk Osman, Secretary General of NUSOJ. As the leading advocate for media freedom and journalists’ rights in Somalia, NUSOJ remains fully committed to protecting journalists from arbitrary detention, judicial harassment and intimidation. The union urges them to support the decriminalisation of journalism, legal safeguards for media freedom and participate in inclusive legal reforms that align with international human rights standards, replacing Somalia’s outdated legal structures and provisions with modern, rights-based legislation.