The director of the private ETN television has been released on Wednesday.
The director of Somali ETN television based in Bosasso, in Puntland, north eastern Somalia was detained on Tuesday in the port town of Bosasso.
Abdiweli Sheik Hassan, the head of Bosaso based ETN TV, said he was released although he was treated badly during his detention. He confirmed that he was not arrested for reasons relating to his job.
Puntland administration is notorious for prejudicial arrests against critic journalists, using unlawful arrests as a mean of intimidating the free press.
ETN is an independent television and it broadcasts its news and programmers in Somali language.
The Somali journalists often meet arresting from authorities and intimidations and killing from unknown groups.
Somalia is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists to work. Two radio journalists were killed in Somalia this year alone.
amsomalia@mareeg.com
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