Indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian targets continued. Freedom of expression was suppressed; journalists were threatened, harassed, intimidated, beaten, subjected to arbitrary arrests and killed. Women and girls continued to be subjected to sexual violence. Internally displaced...

Upon meeting Abdalle Mumin, nothing about him reveals the weight that he has carried on his shoulders since he was a young boy. He grew up in one of Somalia’s camps for displaced persons after his family was uprooted from home following the collapse of the government in the early nineties....

Authorities across East and Southern Africa escalated their attacks against journalists and press freedom across the region to suppress reporting of corruption and human rights violations throughout 2022, the Media Institute of Southern Africa and Amnesty International said today to mark World...

More than 100 people have been killed and over 600 injured including dozens of civilians amid fighting between Somaliland security forces and armed fighters affiliated with the Dhulbahante clan in Las Anod, Amnesty International said today, as it shares findings that Somaliland security forces...

We, the undersigned human rights, and press freedom organizations, are writing to express our deep concern regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and persecution of Mr. Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), and call for all charges against him to be...

Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it must take to...

This public statement is to urge President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his new administration to address many of the Somalia’s outstanding human rights challenges, with international support. The new government has already presented goals and activities across six pillars, including security,...

The armed group Al-Shabaab must end its indiscriminate attacks against civilians and the Somali authorities must also ensure that civilians are protected, Amnesty International said today, after a twin car bombing in Mogadishu on Saturday, claimed by Al-Shabaab, killed at least 100 people and...

Responding to news of the detention on 11 October of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa, Muleya Mwananyanda, said: “Abdalle Ahmed Mumin is being arbitrarily held solely for defending the...

Amnesty International shares the key human rights concerns highlighted in the report of the Independent Expert on Somalia. We are concerned by the overall failure of the federal government of Somalia to improve the human rights situation in the country against the seven benchmarks for human rights...

Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council today, Amnesty International welcomed the Independent Expert’s report on the human rights situation in Somalia covering the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. This oral statement highlights the following key human rights issues:- freedom of expression...

Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council today, Amnesty International welcomed Somalia’s engagement in the UPR process and its acceptance of 246 out of 273 recommendations. This oral statement highlights the following key human rights issues:- freedom of expression and media freedom, COVID-19 and...