UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of broadcast journalist Sagal Salad Osman in Somalia

“I condemn the murder of Sagal Salad Osman,” the Director-General said. “Violence is never acceptable. It is particularly tragic when used to silence a young woman blazing a trail for all others by exercising an essential profession in a difficult environment.”

Sagal Osman, a broadcaster for state-run Somali National Television and Radio Mogadishu, was shot on 5 June in the west of the capital Mogadishu.

The Director-General of UNESCO issues statements on the killing of media workers in line with Resolution 29 adopted by UNESCO Member States at the Organization’s General Conference of 1997, entitled “Condemnation of Violence against Journalists.” 

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