On 15 August 2014, for example, security forces raided and shut down Radio Shabelle and SkyFM, [arrested 19 journalists](http://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single-view/backpid/32/article/ifj-demands-immediate-release-of-somali-journalists-following-government-attacks-on-media-freedom/) and subsequently imprisoned and tortured several of them, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).