“Once again a journalist had been gunned down in cold blood and in broad daylight on a Mogadishu street,” RSF reports. “Our thoughts go out to Martin Adler’s family and friends, whose grief we share. This was an appalling murder, one that turns journalists into pawns in the hands of rival armed clans that use such crimes in their battle for power.”
Swedish Freelance Photographer Gunned Down on Mogadishu Street
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18118
IFJ Vigorously Condemns the Brutal Killing of a Swedish Cameraman in Somalia http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=4011&Language=EN
Journalists Condemn the 'Barbaric Killing' of a Swedish Freelancer in Somalia
Statement of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=4010&Language=EN
Militia offers to protect media
The Islamist militia now controlling the Somali capital says it will protect foreign media following the murder of Swedish journalist Martin Adler.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5112962.stm
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Gambia: Justice Demanded for Slain Journalist Ahead of AU Summit
When the African Union (AU) meets for its annual summit in the Gambian capital Banjul next week, local journalists will not only report on events they will also recall them. Specifically, they want to remind summit participants of the murder of prominent Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara 18 months ago.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200606220804.html
Swedish Freelance Photographer Gunned Down on Mogadishu Street
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=18118
IFJ Vigorously Condemns the Brutal Killing of a Swedish Cameraman in Somalia http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=4011&Language=EN
Journalists Condemn the 'Barbaric Killing' of a Swedish Freelancer in Somalia
Statement of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=4010&Language=EN
Militia offers to protect media
The Islamist militia now controlling the Somali capital says it will protect foreign media following the murder of Swedish journalist Martin Adler.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5112962.stm
Please also see:
Gambia: Justice Demanded for Slain Journalist Ahead of AU Summit
When the African Union (AU) meets for its annual summit in the Gambian capital Banjul next week, local journalists will not only report on events they will also recall them. Specifically, they want to remind summit participants of the murder of prominent Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara 18 months ago.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200606220804.html