Universal Television banned from Somaliland

[Som@li]

The secessionist gangs are loosing the plot, by gagging the press, and hiding the truth , they think they can get away with genocide against the people of SSC.

 

Silaanyo and his team should be sent to Hague for crimes against humanity.

 

Congrats to Universal.

[Ismahaan]

Probably because Kulmiye was embarrassed and ridiculed on there last month.

;)

[Mad_Mullah]

Because you see it as Somaliland gov. = your tribe. Universal TV = is not. As simple as that. Unprofessional is what they said about Jazeera when they arrested them in Yemen, Libya etc. Dictator bs is what I call it.

 

I'm teling you bro. This is NOT a good beginning.

[Taleexi]

SOL-na may mamnuucaan, Illaahay amarkiis!

[ElPunto]

I'm in full agreement with the ban. The network has a cheesy feel to it. Somaliland and cheesiness cannot coexist in the same habitat.

[NGONGE]

A very silly decision. Xaabsade should have demanded to be interviewed by Universal TV so that he could "set the record right".

[Jacaylbaro]

 

[Mad_Mullah]

^ lol. I'm telling you its another dictatorship in the making. Get rid of them while you can.

[Siciid1986]

Somaliland: Government Suspends Universal TV

 

HARGEISA (SomalilandPress)—Somaliland’s Minister of Information Mr. Ahmed Abdi Habsade today announced the immediate suspension and operations stoppage of Somali own London based Universal television. This order came in the form of press release from the Ministry of Information that was circulated to all the media outlets in Somaliland. It was last October 6th when former Information Minister Abdullahi Geeljire suspended this controversial TV station for its prejudice coverage of Somaliland’s conflict with Puntland.

According to Minister of Information Habsade on his press release “Universal TV has made a custom to instigate clan disagreements between the Somaliland tribes in Sool region for its own ratings”.

 

In the most recent incident of the Kalashale conflict between Somaliland forces and local SSC militia Universal TV fallaciously aired images of dead civilians it said were the result of Somaliland forces. However an investigation by the Somaliland government has shown Universal’s pictures to be false and the dead pictures that Universal TV aired on Feb 3rd were from the city of Baidabo in southern Somalia and not from Kalashale conflict.

 

 

Mr. Habsade goes on to say the station has breached the contract that it has signed with the government of Somaliland on the 19th of October 2010, which was to report facts and stay neutral. In October of last year Universal was temporarily suspended after Somaliland citizens and the government found tangible evidence that the station’s coverage of Somaliland and Puntland conflict was prejudice and far from the truth. Currently there is a large online campaign in Facebook where thousands of Somaliland citizens have signed to boycott Universal TV.

 

Source: SomalilandPress

[General Duke]

 

 

No wonder Universal was baned. This video is about Hargeysa's Dami residents. They talk about their living conditions and how they are treated by the Siilanyo admin.

[Abokor Omar]

Universal TV was not doing it's job correctly and it abused it's journalistic credentials by inciting war and anarchy. So the government had to take steps to save guard peace and avoid any conflict. Universal being band is correct in this context.

[General Duke]

Watch the Video above. Universal TV was banned because the truth was diffcult for Siilanyo to take.