Somalia: Journalist killing highlights need for international action on impunity

Headline Title: International action needed after killing of Somali journalist 30 January 2012 Amnesty International has urged the international community to call on the Somali authorities to bring to justice those responsible for attacks on journalists after the latest killing of a Mogadishu reporter.Hassan Osman Abdi, director of the Shabelle Media Network, was shot by unidentified men outside his home in the city's Wadajir district on Saturday evening. He reportedly died on his way to hospital. The reporter, also known as ‘Hassan Fantastic’, is the second journalist to be killed…

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