Muqdisho (Raxanreeb ) -The arbitrary arrest and detention of Dawan Media Director Alinur Salad followed by a preposterous court order is yet another effort by state authority to suppress media freedom and cover up corruption amidst difficult economic times in Somalia.

Independence House is deeply troubled by this abusive use of state apparatus to trample on the rights of citizens and aid in covering up of government excesses, graft and suppression of press freedom