Somalia closes three Mogadishu broadcasters (again)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Somalia closes three Mogadishu broadcasters
Wed Jun 6, 2007 2:05PM EDT

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By Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, June 6 (Reuters) - The Somali government on
Wednesday again shut down three Mogadishu broadcasters,
accusing them of supporting terrorism amid a virulent
insurgency.

Under orders from Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi's office,
Information Minister Madobe Nuunow Mohamed directed
security agents to close down TV broadcasters HornAfrik
and Shabelle media and the IQK Koranic radio and question
their owners.

"HornAfrik, Shabelle and IQK are famous for creating tension,
supporting terrorism, violating the freedom of the press and
opposing the government," the letter ordering the closures
said.

It was not immediately clear whether the closures were the
result of particular broadcasts.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL06754349._CH_.2400

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Waiting for the Chavez bashers to condemn. nt

[Eugene]

2. Would you settle for a Chavez skeptic?

I have no sympathy for RCTV but I am unsettled by Chavez's methods.
This second Somali crackdown is an outright effort to muzzle the
press and further consolidate power. Even the Somali government's
U.S. backers protested the first time they did it.