Somalia: Al-Shabab martyrs closedown 2 independent radio stations in Bay region

Mogadishu Wednesday 21 October 2009 Shaaficiyah Media

The Islamic Movement of Al-Shabab in Bay region in southern Somalia has on Wednesday morning issued a decree, to shutdown the entire of the independent local radio stations in the southern town of Baidoa the capital of Bay region in southern Somalia.

The decree from the high officials of Al-Shabab says that Jubbah and Warsan radio stations the only operating local radio stations are closedown.

This is what is written in the decree latter;

“We are hereby informing the administration of Warasan and Jubbah radio stations to shutdown their radio station, till further notice, and this order will be effective as from today Wednesday the 21st of October 2009 at 7:00am, and whichever radio station dares to violate the instruction and airs its progarammes will see the consequences”

This decree comes at a time when the administration of Al-Shabab has recently detained some of the staff of these two local radio stations, after they have turned deaf ears to instruction given by Al-Shabab movement.

The Islamic Movement of Al-Shabab faction monitors the programmes of the entire radio stations in Somalia particularly in the south including the capital Mogadishu.

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