The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly denounces the arbitrary arrest of two senior journalists from Shabelle Media Network, Director Abukar Sheikh Mohamud and Deputy Director Mohamud Abdinasir Soofeysane. Fulfilling this summon in good faith, he attended the station accompanied by Director Abukar Sheikh Mohamud. Following a brief interrogation, they also arrested Abukar Sheikh Mohamud without cause or legal justification. “We must call this what it is: a deliberate and coordinated crackdown on media freedom,” said Omar Faruk Osman, NUSOJ Secretary General. “The Federal Police are operating without accountability and are abusing their powers to suppress dissent and intimidate independent media.