Mogadishu, August 3, 2013
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today welcomed the decision by the Military high court against the convict, who was Shabab member and was identified as Aadan Sheik Abdi Sheik Hussein, announced today.
The convict was accused of killing the Somali journalist, late Hassan Yusuf Absuge, who was assassinated after leaving the premises of the Radio Maanta, in Yaqshid neighborhood, where he worked as an editor on September 21, 2012.
A regional military court sentenced the alleged criminal to death on 17 March 2013, according to the court judgment received by NUSOJ. Later, he appealed against the ruling to the Military high court. On August 3, the military high court sentenced again to death and announced he will be executed in a short time.
The Secretary General of the National Union of the Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), Mohamed Ibrahim who spoke to the journalists at the court following the decision by the military high court, welcomed the decision and called it, “a beginning for justice to the murdered Somali journalists.”
“We welcome this decision of the military high court for justice to our murdered colleague.” Mohamed Ibrahim, NUSOJ Secretary General said, “This is a beginning to the road for justice to all our murdered colleagues and call for the other remaining criminals be booked and tried.”
At least 18 media workers and journalists were killed in 2012, where 14 of them were killed in Mogadishu. In 2013, five journalists were killed, two were killed in suicide bombing attacks and three were assassinated and none of the killers have caught and brought to court
NUSOJ urges the Federal Government of Somalia to take a thorough investigation into the journalists’ murders and bring the criminals to a court of justice.
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