 
Ururka ASOJ oo talo iyo fariin u dirtay Madaxweynaha cusub ee Somalia Dhageyso
Gudoomiyha ASOJ Saxaafadda Somalia
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ASOJ Chairman Dahir A. Alasow Video lecture Watch here
ASOJ Spokesman Sunni Saeed Saleh and all Ceremony Watch here
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CPJ urges Canada , Australia to step up efforts
to free Somalia captives
New york 12 June 2009
The Committee to Protect Journalists urges
the Canadian and Australian governments to work for the immediate
release of two freelance journalists who have been held captive in
the Somali capital, Mogadishu, since August.
On Wednesday, a woman claiming to be captive journalist Amanda
Lindhout called the Canadian broadcaster CTV, saying she fears for
her life and pleading for the government to assist her. Lindhout
and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan were abducted along the
Afgoye-Mogadishu road, just outside the capital.
“I have been held hostage by gunmen in Somalia for nearly 10
months. I am in a desperate situation,” the woman told CTV. “The
Canadian government must have some duty to help its citizens in
such a crisis.”
On May 25, Agence France-Presse reported that its correspondent in
Mogadishu had received a call from two people who represented
themselves as the captive journalists. The callers said they were
in poor health and urged their respective governments to help free
them, AFP reported.
“It must be agonizing for the family and friends of Amanda
Lindhout and Nigel Brennan to hear these reports about their poor
health and the harsh conditions of their confinement in a city
racked by conflict,” CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney said. “We
understand that the Canadian and Australian authorities are
working to help these journalists but it has been nearly 10 months
since they were kidnapped. Both countries must step up efforts to
secure their safe and swift release.”
Daniel Barbarie, a spokesman for the Canadian Department of
Foreign Affairs, told CPJ that his government was aware of the CTV
report. He said officials “continue to pursue all appropriate
channels to seek further information about Ms. Lindhout's welfare,
and to assist the family in securing her safe release as well as
that of Mr. Brennan.”
Somali journalist Abdifatah Elmi—who was acting as a fixer for
Lindhout and Brennan—was freed on January 15 after being held
captive for five months. Somalia is one of the most dangerous
countries in the world for the press; five journalists have been
killed in 2009 alone.
CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization that
works to safeguard press freedom worldwide. For more information,
visit www.cpj.org.
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