Somalia: IFJ Condemns a Terror Attack Against a Somali Union Leader

press release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined today the labour global organisation, the International Trade Union Confederation, to condemn the terrorist attack in Mogadishu last Friday which nearly cost the life of Omar Faruk Osman, the General Secretary of its member union in Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).

"I am shocked and the IFJ is deeply concerned that the leader of one of our unions came so close to losing his life at the hands of Al-Shabaab," said IFJ President Jim Boumelha. "It shows the grave dangers some of our leaders have to confront daily and their determination to work fearlessly to advance their members professional and social rights whatever the circumstances. Their strong leadership and unwavering commitment to journalism is recognised by all of us."

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