The conviction of journalist Abdiaziz Abdnur Ibrahim has been quashed, and he was released by the Supreme Court on 17 March.

Abdiaziz Abdnur Ibrahim, who had been found guilty on 5 February of “insulting a national institution”, had his sentence upheld by Somalia’s Appeals Court on 3 March. The woman who claimed she had been raped was cleared of the same charge.

Freelance journalist Abdiaziz Abdnur Ibrahim has been found guilty of insulting a national institution, following his investigation into an alleged rape involving government forces. The woman who reported the rape has also been found guilty.

Freelance journalist Abdiaziz Abdnur Ibrahim has been charged with insulting a national institution, following his investigation into an alleged rape involving government forces. The woman who reported the rape has also been charged with falsifying an accusation.

Freelance journalist Abdiaziz Abdnur Ibrahim has been arbitrarily detained without charge since 10 January, following his investigation into the alleged rape of an internally displaced woman by government forces. He is a prisoner of conscience.

Somali national Boqor Osman Mohamoud was arrested by security forces in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 17 November 2011 and is now being held incommunicado in conditions amounting to an enforced disappearance. He has not had access to relatives or lawyers and he could be at risk of torture or...

Ifraah Ali Aden is in imminent danger of being executed for the murder of another woman, Suad Mohamed Aware, who was another of her husband’s wives. She was convicted after an unfair trial. The warrant for her execution does not set a date, and it appears that she could be put to death at any...

More than 130 people – crew members of at least nine ships – are being held hostage by pirates close to the coastal town of Eyl in the region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia. A number of the hostages are reported to have been injured during gun battles as the ships were seized and have not...

On 25 April 2008, a spokesperson for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia was reported as stating that 32 of the 41 children detained by the Ethiopian forces had been released and that 9 children had been handed over to the Somali Police, Criminal Investigations Division, who were holding...

On 19 April, Ethiopian forces stormed Al Hidya mosque in north eastern Mogadishu, seizing over 40 children and youths who were undertaking religious classes at the mosque. The youths are reportedly currently detained at an Ethiopian military camp near the pasta factory in north Mogadishu. Ethiopian...

Ines Chine and her husband Adnan Najah, Halima Badroudine Hussein and her three children, and seven other individuals were recently released by the Ethiopian Government. Three Swedish nationals, including Osman Ahmed Yassin, were also reportedly released and returned to Sweden.

Bashir Ahmed Maktal is at risk of ill-treatment or torture, as the government suspect him of links with an armed opposition group which attacked an oilfield in the east of the country on 24 April. He is believed to be detained incommunicado at the police Central Investigation Bureau (known as...