Is silencing the media in the interest of Puntland administration?
By Abdi Dirshe Sunday, October 11, 2009 google_ad_client = “pub-9082264144657552”; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; google_ad_format = “300x250_as”; google_ad_type = “text_image”; google_ad_channel =”4902057191″; google_color_border = “FFFFFF”; google_color_bg = “FFFFFF”; google_color_link = “0000FF”; google_color_text = “000000”; google_color_url = “008000”; Puntland’s Deputy Minister of Information Abdishakur Mire Adan issued a letter late last week, banning VOA reporting from Puntland, the semi-autonomous region in Somalia. Puntland accuses VOA of inciting “instability”, in the region as its Security Minister, General Abdullah Samara wrote recently. VOA condemned this action in a press release last Monday, calling on the Puntland administration to reverse its decision. http://www.voanews.com/english/About/2009-10-05-puntland-somalia-suspension.cfm. Other Rights Groups such as Committee to Protect Journalists decry this ban. It is important to note, however, that VOA is
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