Committee to Protect Journalists
country.Somalia · CPJ
01Overview
Quick Facts
Countrycountry.Somalia
Age / Sexunknown
OccupationJournalist
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryJournalism
StatusDetained
Sentence—
Case Summary
Mohamed Bashir is a journalist with Shabelle Media Network in Somalia. Imprisoned as of August 15, 2014; charges: Anti-state, Defamation, False News.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Organization: Shabelle Media Network
- 02Role: Journalist
- 03Event start: August 15, 2014
- 04[CPJ] https://cpj.org/data/people/mohamed-bashir/
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Mohamed Bashir is a journalist with Shabelle Media Network in Somalia. Imprisoned as of August 15, 2014; charges: Anti-state, Defamation, False News.
02Charges
Charges
03 count- 01Anti-state
- 02Defamation
- 03False News
03Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
August 15, 2014
04Sources
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Mohamed Bashir (PPW case cmp4enc4). Retrieved May 19, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmp4enc4f00f1ca533k0bpan9. Original data from Committee to Protect Journalists (https://cpj.org/data/people/mohamed-bashir/).
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