A court in Somalia has
ordered the seizure of a radio station owner's UK passport after he was
accused of threatening national security.
Somalia-based Radio Shabelle owner Abdi Malik, who was arrested in August, appeared in court handcuffed.
The judge freed him on bail on condition he surrendered his passport to the government.
He denies accusations that his radio station incited violence against the security forces.
The allegations relate to fighting following the government's disarmament of some clan militias in the capital, Mogadishu, in August.
Somalia is one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists who are often targeted in the conflict between the UN-backed government, al-Qaeda-linked militants and rival clans
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