Somalia: ASOJ speaks out day of world’s freedom press.
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Mogadishu 03 May 2009
Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) on Sunday welcomed the
commemoration of the 3th May 2009 which the day of World’s freedom of journalism
as the free media people in Somalia are in state of death threats and
intimidation for their journalistic tasks.
Journalists in many parts of
Somalia are today celebrating the day of freedom of press and discussed over how
the people in the field could perform their duties in a safe way and get
protection against the enemy of the free media.
“We
know that this year 2009 started with tragedy faced the journalism in Somalia as
1st January, a reporter of Radio Shabelle Hassan Mayow was killed in lower
Shabelle, southern Somalia and February 4, 2009 armed men shot dead the director
of Horn Afrik radio Saed tahlil Ahmed in Mogadishu,” said in a statement issued
by Dahir Abdulle Alasow, the chairman of ASOJ.
Alasow added that eight
Somali journalists were killed in the year 2008 alone as dozens more were
wounded, with some tortured and arrested while more than 50 others fled the
country and now live exile in abroad
The ASOJ chairman congratulated all
Somali journalist in and outside of the country on the day of world’s freedom
press and hoped them for better bright future stressing that journalists should
never give up from their work of human rights defending.
He also sent his
condolences to all media people and relatives for those journalists who died in
the act of their journalistic jobs.
Alasow appealed for the current
government and international community bring those behind the killings of
journalists on court.
Somalia: ASOJ speaks out day of world’s freedom press.
Mogadishu 03 May 2009