Mogadishu, Somalia 24 March, 2010 :: The Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) would like to welcome and celebrate the tone of voice from her respected founder Mr. Daud Abdi Daud, who was officially make public his support for the newly established Somali Media for Peace and Development (SOMEPED) on Monday 23 March, 2010 when a journalist questioned him and asked a question for the relationship between Somali journalist associations widely.

“Absolutely Mr. Daud slashed the recent speculations inside Somali journalists and media practitioners which says that he was astonished and believes that SOMEPED is just like an instrumental of war and tactic from NUSOJ”said Nadir Mash-hur, SOJRA press and media relations officer.

“It’s not shameful to me to say SOMEPED is legitimate organization according to the international laws and treaties and I believe that everybody has his right to establish an association peacefully and for the approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights article twenty (20) as well as I hope my colleague Mustafa Haji Abdinur, who is now privileged CPJ’s press award 2009 will do enough efforts and paving the way new intermingling and solidarity among Somali journalists locally and internationally fair-mindedness” Mr. Daud said in his interview on Monday.

SOJRA would like also to publicly announce her endorsement of the newly established Hayaan Media Development Centre (HMDC) based in Netherlands and congratulate the exiled journalists live in there who generously come together and perform this media centre in order to create a new system of teamwork within Somali media industry.

Obviously, they are well attentive who decided to initiate this centre according to their website at http://hayaanmedia.com/about/ .

The honorable founder of SOJRA, Mr. Daud Abdi Daud, who is well prominent journalist in Somalia widely, particularly south and Central Somali regions adhered to his colleagues in the media field in order to let them reveal professional cohesion and he was exposing an effective and strong effort that defends their rights attentiveness.

During his endeavors episode attracted from corrupt individuals who claimed to be journalists’ leaders locally with the help of external spoilers who made an assault against his personal entity and dignity as well as SOJRA’s access to information and with assorted malicious statements such as this article ( http://www.news-mail.com.au/story/2009/02/09/international-group-sceptical-about-escape-attempt/ ) from the so called Reporters Without Borders (RSF) based in Paris, France.

Indeed, SOJRA’s founder honorable Mr. Daud Abdi Daud spent a lot of time, money and efforts as a result his tireless endeavors was successfully won to be productive.

SOJRA was formed specifically to build strategic frame work and process in order to defend the rights of journalists and press freedom in Somalia, this agency uses the accounting and administrative system of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs).

SOJRA works together with all sectors of Somali society including non-governmental organizations, governmental institutions, civil societies and the general public in information sharing.

SOJRA has also a close relation to the international and the local NGOs and organizations that promote and protect the press freedom as well as freedom of expression.

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