Somalia anti-terror police under fire for torturing journalists
Four blindfolded journalists lie on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs as police walk by in Somalia on February 16, 2022. PHOTO | COURTESY via NATIONAL UNION OF SOMALI JOURNALISTS (NUSOJ)
An elite squad of the Somali Police Force has been criticised after being filmed blindfolding and tying up journalists who were covering an operation against al-Shabaab militants.
The incident in Mogadishu’s Kahda district drew ire from opposition politicians, diplomats and a press lobby, who termed the treatment “barbaric and heinous” torture.
