Rights group: Somali journalist detained for speaking about imprisonment of a fellow journo
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An international human rights organization says a journalist is being detained without charge in Somalia for speaking about the imprisonment of a fellow reporter.
Human Rights Watch said in a statement released late Monday that the detention of Daud Abdi Daud without charge is sending a broader message to journalists to stay silent.
According to the rights group, last week, when a Mogadishu court handed down one-year prison sentences to a woman who said she was raped by security forces and a reporter who interviewed her, Daud spoke out in court saying that journalists have the right to interview people.
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Human Rights Watch has asked Somali authorities to immediately charge or release Daud. Press organizations say Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous countries in which to practice journalism.