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...

Somalia is a heavily indebted country and one of the least developed in the world. Its health system is also one of the weakest. Many of its health indicators, including access to reproductive, maternal and child healthcare, are very poor. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 exposed...

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to urgently address the serious and longstanding issues facing Somalia’s healthcare system following years of underinvestment and against a backdrop of crippling debt, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The report entitled “We...

Journalists and media houses across East and Southern Africa came under increasing attack in the past year, despite the urgent need for access to information during the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises in the region, Amnesty International said today. Across the region, media workers have been...

Journalists and media houses across East and Southern Africa came under increasing attack in the past year, despite the urgent need for access to information during the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises in the region, Amnesty International said today. Across the region, media workers have been...

This compilation of recommendations are made to seven of the states under review in the 38th session of the UN Universal Periodic Review (Belgium, Denmark, Mozambique, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Singapore and Somalia) and address key human rights concerns in each country.

Kilwe Adan Farah, a freelance journalist, has been in detention in the Puntland regional state of Somalia since 27 December 2020, when he was arrested after covering protests against government mismanagement of the local currency. He was charged with five offences, including “publication of false...

Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland regional state have escalated their attacks on media freedom by intimidating, harassing and arbitrarily arresting journalists ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections, Amnesty International said today. Four journalists have been arbitrarily arrested in...

Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland regional state have escalated their attacks on media freedom by intimidating, harassing and arbitrarily arresting journalists ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections, Amnesty International said today. Four journalists have been arbitrarily arrested in...