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Journalists under Monstrous attacks
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Mogadishu, Somalia March 5 2010 ::
The Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) has invested
over the two months in this New Year, 2010 the situation
and livelihood of Somali journalists and media outlets
in across the country and documented several cases with
fear and against press freedom and freedom of expression
in Somalia.
What heavenly horror weather that Somali journalists
faced over January and February this year and you can’t
image how they were survived although some of them are
victims for these glorious months.
Press freedom and freedom of expression is fundamental
guiding lights of a productively of peace but Somalis
are not well insiders to that especially for those
behind these painful attacks and intimidations.
All regions of the country have experienced the worst
press freedom violations with journalists in front of
usual attacks, discriminations, harassments and
intimidation. At most these acts have sent terrorizing
messages to journalists.
On 10th January, 2010 was the first start
time of press freedom violations in Somalia while a
prominent journalist in central Somali regions injured.
A journalist Osman Aden Areys, who is a correspondent of
Mogadishu based radio Simba was injured by a bullet that
hit his left arm above the elbow in Beledweyne town.
Osman was wounded while he was covering a fighting that
was going on in Beledweyne and between two rival
Islamist militias over the control of the town.
SOJRA’s monitoring and evaluation sector was surprised
while unknown groups attacked radio Voice of Mudug in
Galkacyo town of Mudug region on 15th
January, 2010 by a hand field guns and grenades one
more.
Three journalists were wounded that misfortune while
their situation is now good but some materials of the
radio was broken as well as one of the security men of
the radio was wounded in the attack.
As the attacks and intimidations against journalists are
common in Somalia radio reporter was arrested by
Alshabaab on 21 February, 2010 in Wanlaweyn district of
Lower shabelle region while he was transferred later at
Marka-cadey town the capital of the region.
A journalist Ali Yusuf Aden who was the correspondent of
Radio based in Mogadishu was reported beaten and
torjured by Alshabaab in the prison according to the
local society in Marka city.
The reason was arrest is a report that he was sent out
on 20th February, 2010 and about Al-Shabab
militias who killed a man over prayer delay in the
district of Wanlaweyn.
The Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) is worried
the ongoing violations and direct attacks against Somali
journalists and media house in across the country and
doomed the last attack against the defenseless
journalists in Somalia particularly Puntland region.
On 24th February, 2010 the chief security
officer of the high court in Bossaso and other guards of
the court were beaten badly a journalist Ahmed Ibrahim
Nur, who was a correspondent of radio Simba based in
Mogadishu during a court hearing publicly.
Authoritatively, there is no any order from the court
administration and the commander decided him self to
restrict the duties of the journalists who have been
expecting to cover the story was going on the court at
that particular day.
Somali journalists and media house are deliberately
under attack day by day in Somalia by the warring sides
and the policy makers as well as the Islamist insurgents
who are alternatively keen on the attacks, arrests and
intimidations of journalists and media outlets
countrywide specifically for those are their territory.
Apart from the above mentioned dilemma, there are also
few defamatory messages and articles as well as
activities from some international media organizations
such as the so called International Federation of
Journalists (IFJ) based in Belgium and its relevant
affiliate organization based in Uganda as well as
European governments especially French government and no
one commented it yet.
Besides, the President and the Minster of information of
French government may not know what is really right as
well as what is going on inside Somali journalists
currently and we think that this wrong intervention
which was out the diplomatic system is one from the
French Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya an was based badly
translation and public misusing.
SOJRA is so quite surprised what these organizations and
governments are worrying and made such this malicious
supports whether it’s financial and raising the voices
from the desperate pretenders of press freedom activists
or organizations which are also publicly and
domestically failed the acting of Somali journalists and
media professionals in across Somalia. Somali
journalists and media professionals did fair email
exchanges in public email circulation in order to let
the international community what is true and what is
wrong and made clearly in their messages that they
cannot be fooled by their pretended sorrow.
However, French government is plying a vital role in the
world politics and French political leaders have a high
level profile and SOJRA is really thank it to them so
they must protect the human fairness particularly
Somalia.
Finally, the Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) is
kindly requesting the European government’s especially
French government as well as the media organizations
based in Europe continent to create and adopt a fresh
democracy system which is based neutrality and justice
just like what the United States of America and the
media organizations based in U.S.A are doing. Because
Democracy is very important method in order to boost out
the freedom of expression, believe, justice and choose.
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