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Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Helping journalists stay secure

Posted on 06:39 by Unknown
(Cross-posted from the Google Policy Europe Blog)

Journalists around the world face security risks. Journalists in the war-ravaged country of Somalia face particular danger.  According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), last year was the deadliest year on record for a country with a long history of press killings:  12 journalists were killed in the line duty. The threat of violence has driven more journalists from Somalia into exile than from any other country in the past year.

Somali journalists protesting death of one of their colleagues - Image courtesy of Human Rights Watch

In a bid to help improve Somali journalists’ personal safety, Google has supported the CPJ to translate its Journalist Security Guide into Somali.

While the guide is designed for a global audience,  a veteran Somali journalist reviewed the material for local relevance. It is our hope that many Somali journalists will find it useful in their day-to-day work. The entire Somali guide can be read, printed, and downloaded here.  CPJ will also organize for tutorial sessions on the content in partnership with Somali journalist associations.

Just last week, the CPJ reported that two gunmen waited near the home of a young Somali journalist, Rahmo Abdulkadir. The 25-year-old Rahmo had just left an Internet café in Mogadishu around 9:30 p.m. on March 24 with a friend when she was shot and killed. Her companion was not harmed.

Let’s hope that this narrative can be stopped.

Posted by Ory Okolloh, Google Policy and Government Relations Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa



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Comment assurer la sécurité des journalistes en Somalie 

Partout dans le monde, les journalistes doivent faire face à des risques pour leur sécurité Les journalistes en poste en Somalie, pays actuellement ravagé par la guerre, sont particulièrement exposés. Selon le Committee to Protect Journalists, l’année 2012 a été la plus meurtrière dans ce pays qui détient depuis de nombreuses années un triste record dans ce domaine avec 12 journalistes tués dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions. L’an passé, la menace liée à la violence qui s’exerce dans ce pays a conduit à l'exil un grand nombre de journalistes, plus que dans n’importe quel autre pays.
Afin de contribuer à améliorer la sécurité personnelle des journalistes somaliens, Google a apporté son soutien le projet initié par le Comité visant à traduire en Somali le Guide de sécurité à l’intention des journalistes.
Ce guide, qui s’adresse à un large public, a été cependant revu par un journaliste somalien chevronné afin de l’adapter au contexte local. Nous espérons qu'il sera utile à de nombreux journalistes somaliens, dans l’exercice de leur métier au quotidien. Vous pouvez consulter, imprimer et télécharger l’intégralité du guide traduit en Somali ici. Le Comité  prévoit également d’organiser des sessions de formation au contenu de ce guide en partenariat avec des associations somaliennes de journalistes.
La semaine dernière encore, le Comité a rapporté que deux hommes armés avaient été vus non loin du domicile de Rahmo Abdulkadir, une jeune journaliste somalienne. La jeune femme âgée de 25 ans venait de quitter un cyber-café de Mogadishu vers 21h30 le 24 mars en compagnie d’un ami, lorsqu’elle a été tuée par balle. Son compagnon n’a pas été blessé.
Espérons que nous pourrons mettre fin à cette folie meurtrière.
Post signé Ory Okolloh, Directrice des politiques et des relations gouvernementales de Google, Afrique sud-saharienne
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