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successor to Gedi as acting director was quoted in Reuter's reports saying, "The acting chairman of Radio
Shabelle, Bashir Nur Gedi, was shot dead by unknown men armed with pistols while sitting in front of his house". To date, his murder remains unsolved. Following his death, two more acting directors of Radio Shaballe, Muktar Mohamed Hirabe and Hassan "Fantastic" Osman Abdi, have been murdered in a very similar fashion.
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The Somali press freedom group, the
National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), has proclaimed the murder to be politically motivated. Omar Faruk Osman, the secretary-general of NUSOJ, said, "It is totally intolerable and sends a clear message to each media person that his or her life is at risk
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Although Bashir Gedi knew he was under constant threat of being harmed or killed by those factions angry with Radio
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was overthrown in 1991, routinely face violence, arbitrary imprisonment, and harassment. The danger has intensified since the Somali government, with
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After one week of hiding inside the building of Radio
Shabelle because of threats, Bashir Gedi ventured home on October 19, 2007. It was then that he was killed by a group of young gunmen, reported to be between the ages of 14 and 20, who were armed with pistols. Jafar Kukay, Radio Shabelle's
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194:"Media watchdogs denounce death of Somali reporter"
341:"Rights group chides Somali govt for media abuses"
322:"Explore CPJ's database of attacks on the press"
200:. October 20, 2007 – via www.reuters.com.
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