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CPJ 2009 International Press Freedom Award Winner Mustafa Haji Abdinur is interviewed by NBC’s Ron Allen on December 29 for MSNBC.com. In this clip he discusses the violence in his home nation of Somalia and why he feels compelled to continue reporting despite the risks.

December 2009News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon appeared on the December 11 edition of NPR’s On the Media radio program to discuss CPJ’s 2009 prison census…

CPJ 2009 International Press Freedom Award Winner Mustafa Haji Abdinur appeared on the November 25 edition of “Amanpour” on CNNI to discuss the growing threats to journalists in his home nation of Somalia in light of the massacre of journalists in the Philippines.

CPJ 2009 International Press Freedom Award Winner Mustafa Haji Abdinur appeared on the November 25 edition of “Andrea Mitchell Reports” to discuss the dangers he and his colleagues face working as journalists in Somalia.

Above is the overview video shown to hundreds at CPJ’s 2009 International Press Freedom Awards dinner, which took place on November 24, 2009, in New York. International Press Freedom Awards 2009 »

CPJ 2009 International Press Freedom Award Winner Mustafa Haji Abdinur appeared on the November 24 edition of “World Focus” on PBS to discuss the “culture of violence in daily Somali life and the war against the independent press.”