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Somalia: For good society Journalists sacrifice
Mogadishu Isniin 1 October 2012 SMC
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Somalia: For good society Journalists sacrifice
By Mohammed Nuxurkey
Somali’s developing independent media landscapes is seemingly falling
back once again after a stark of latest violent awful attacks on media
professionals in Mogadishu and other parts of the south Somalia, with
an estimated 15 journalists being killed this year alone, the 2012 is
the deadliest year for journalists according to New-York based
committee to protect Journalists (CPJ).
Down to the existing level of media violations throughout the region
in 2012, the following years from the start of ashes in 2007 now
appears as an intermittent happens to this extreme velocity of wasting
the journalist’s blood.
The country has still a small developing world of journalism worth
with young aspired and experienced journalists on the ground to bring
some further new changes in a country shattered by a decades of war
and disastrous famine after the collapse of former military ruler of
late Mohamed Siad Bareh in 1991.
But the latest notorious incidents in what the journalists says “the
worst tragedy in years” is making the job too difficult to do
independently by the journalists here,
On September 20 at least four journalists are being killed with in a
very two consecutive days after twine suicide bombers targeted to a
journalists frequented cafe restaurant in the heart of capital
Mogadishu not so far away from the statehouse, killing dozens of
civilians including three journalists and wounded six more reporters.
Abdisatar Dahir Sabrie, Liban Ali Nor both from the national TV and
Abdurrahman Yasiin director of an independent Voice of Democracy radio
(VOD) were buried their bodies in Mogadishu later on next Friday
morning.
As lots of media community attended the funeral of their late
collogues here there is still another bad news this morning, three
armed assailants attacked Hassan Yusuf Absugeh reporter for private
(radio-Maanta) which connotes as (Today-radio). He was leaving the
office when he died repeated shots. only after a week long decapitated
body of Abdirahman Mohamed found beheaded in Mogadishu’s Huriwaa
district on Thrusday afternoon. the next Friday gunmen killed Ahmed
Abdulah Fanah reporter for SABA news agency.
Mohamed Ibrahim is the secretary general for the national Union of
Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and takes his imagination of this year’s
miracle impact.
“In Contrast with the past several years this 2012 has a new face, it
became the bloodiest year for journalists, we counted 13 journalists
being murdered since January this year, journalists are being targeted
or pursued because of their processional work"
There is yet another terrorizing death threats along with the
assassination attacks on journalists, also the common atrocities in
such hostile environments like suicide bombings are what makes many
messengers distressed. Among those frustrated is Ahmed Haadir of
online magazine editor and freelance writer.
“Yes this has real effects, indeed I just remember the big goals once
we had as first as I and other fellows starting the work, we were
nonprofit or volunteers, I knew that Journalism is not making good
money but good name, now things sound very sad, threats squalls near
of you, if you wish celebrity we just hide our names because of
security, I suspect every one passing along me”
As being a witness of Somali’s troubled journalism incidents like now
renowned suicide bombings of April 4 in the national theater and the
20 September in the café, Sahra Abdullah is a female reporter for
local Royal TV in Mogadishu she tells for VOA how her attention become
after the death of late latest journalists.
Calls for investigation
“There is yet no one to be brought to justice in this cases, for this
reason we call the new president to do more, by investigating and
insure the criminal killers to hold them accountable” Mohamed Ibrahim
of NUSOJ said.
Attacks deteriorated after the country started to end the transitional
task moving in to a permanent strong governance for the next four
years, as mounting independent media outlets with fresh trained and
untrained journalists routinely taking the way forward the number of
total killed is running 26 journalists since 2007.
The perpetrators of most slain journalists are yet remain unknown but
Alshabab claims conspiring many assassins of murdered journalists,
while other political functions are not investigated to the appalling
intentions.
As a result of what started in 2007 have been the devastating that
costing yet the lives of young journalists who are the stars of their
audiences.
But some media outlets strive to disseminate the news after long
repressed with, assassinations, station closures, looting, and strict
bans of an entertainment programs such as music and songs during the
few years of Alshabab controls in parts of the capital Mogadishu
before leaving the city last year.
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