1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/ SOMALIA: Three journalists and driver kidnapped - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Hct4d1JkKS"><a href="https://cpj.org/2008/08/somalia-three-journalists-and-driver-kidnapped/"> SOMALIA: Three journalists and driver kidnapped</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2008/08/somalia-three-journalists-and-driver-kidnapped/embed/#?secret=Hct4d1JkKS" width="600" height="338" title="“ SOMALIA: Three journalists and driver kidnapped” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="Hct4d1JkKS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, August 25, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the safety of three journalists and their driver who were abducted by an unknown armed group two days ago. Somali photojournalist Abdifatah Mohamed Elmi and two foreign freelance journalists, Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan, along with a driver identified only…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260