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Hassan Osman Abdi | |
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| Born | 1982 Southern Lower Juba region |
| Died | January 28, 2012 Outside of home in Mogadishu |
| Nationality | Somalian |
| Other names | ? |
| Occupation | ? |
| Years active | ? |
| Employer | ? |
| Known for | ? |
| Predecessor | ? |
| Successor | ? |
| Spouse | Wife |
| Children | Three |
| Awards | ? |
Hassan Osman Abdi, also known as "Hassan Fantastic", (1982 – 28 January 2012), was a Somalian journalist who served as the director for the Shabelle Media Network in Mogadishu, Somalia when he was killed. He was the third director of Shabelle to be killed[1] since Bashir Nur Gedi in 2007 and Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe in 2009 [1] and the first journalist to be killed in the year 2012.[1]
Personal
editHassan Osman Abdi was born in 1982 in the southern part of the Lower Juba region of Somalia. He and his wife had three children.[9][10]
Career
editAbdi was the director of the Shabelle Media Network, a popular, privately-owned radio station. [11] He had been working there for three years when he was killed.[12]
He was a well-known journalist. Before he was killed, he had been working on reporting the political crisis of Somalia focusing on government corruption.[12] Somalia has had no functioning government since 1991.
Abdi was appointed to be the Somalia delegate at a regional training session organized by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Eastern Africa Journalist Association in February 2012, in Bujumbura, Burundi. [13]
Death
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Prior to his murder Abdi had been reporting on government corruption in Somalia.
On 28 January 2012, Abdi was ambushed and shot outside his home in Mogadishu at about 6:30 p.m. Witnesses reported that Abdi had been followed by five men in a sedan who then opened fire, shooting Abdi multiple times in the chest and head. The 29-year old director of Shabelle was pronounced dead at the scene.[14]
Context
editSomalia is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists and has been plagued by a civil war since 1991. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists Shabelle Media Network was a target of violence by security forces for its coverage. [13]
Impact
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Reactions
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Irina Bokova, director general of UNESCO, said, "(His) murder ... is a severe blow to a country where the media have paid a heavy price for exercising the human right to freedom of expression. The death of journalists undermines the right of people to be kept informed."[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/01/20121295474898100.html
- ^ http://allpunttland.com/warar/the-family-of-hassan-osman-abdi-hassan-fantastic-the-assassinated-journalist-of-radio-shabelle-director-disheartened-about-the-news-of-two-men-held-for-his-killing-case/
- ^ http://bigstory.ap.org/photo/hassan-osman-abdi
- ^ http://www.presstv.ir/detail/223639.html
- ^ http://en.rsf.org/somalia-shabelle-media-network-director-28-01-2012,41781.html
- ^ http://www.cjfe.org/resources/protest_letters/somali-journalist-hassan-osman-abdi-killed
- ^ http://en.rsf.org/somalia-press-freedom-prize-goes-to-somali-10-12-2010,39003.html
- ^ http://www.afronline.org/?p=22500#more-22500
- ^ http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/01/201212910454831985.html
- ^ http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2012/02/05/news/radio_shabelle-29385278/
- ^ http://articles.cnn.com/2012-01-28/africa/world_africa_somalia-journalist-killed_1_deadliest-country-shabelle-media-network-gunmen?_s=PM:AFRICA
- ^ a b http://www.voanews.com/content/gunmen-ambush-kill-somali-journalist------138261869/151280.html
- ^ a b http://www.ifex.org/somalia/2012/02/01/abdi_killed/
- ^ http://cpj.org/killed/2012/hassan-osman-abdi.php
- ^ http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/director_general_condemns_murder_of_somali_journalist_hassan_osman_abdi_and_urges_somalia_to_improve_media_safety/