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Elections in Somalia are imminent with date and time plan set now for the elections to unleash in October 2021, where there is 30% quota allocated for women in Somalia. Civil society organizations, politicians, traditional leaders, and AMISOM police are all eager to contribute and take constructive and positive role to accomplish indirect elections mission …

CSHRDS – Human Rights Observation During Elections in Somalia. Read More »

Coalition of Somali Human Rights DefendersCSHRDS condemns the attempted murder of our colleague (Hanad Ali); a member of CSHRDS & senior editor @GoobjoogTV with the strongest terms and calls for immediate investigation of the four assassins who attempted to murder Hanad Ali Guled on Thursday night; 24 June, 2021. When the assassination attempt took place, …

SOMALIA (24.06.2021) – CSHRDS Condemns the Attempted Murder of HRD (Hanad Ali Guled) Read More »

  UPR Recommendations for Somalia May 6 – UN Human Rights Council – At its Universal Periodic Review, states recommended that #Somalia: Ratifies the Rome statute of the @IntlCrimCourt and # Activates the national human rights commission as soon as possible.  #UPR38 WATCH  http://webtv.un.org CSHRDS is concerned about whether there is the political will for …

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  (15.12.2022) – Coalition of Somalia Human Rights Defenders CSHRDS monitored and documented increasing number of HRDS at risk in Somalia mainly women since 2018. Observations made CSHRDS show that HRDs often face arbitrary arrests, targeted killing, and enforced disappearance, for simply because of doing their human rights advocacy work e.g. documenting human rights violations, …

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          Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders CSHRDS – Releases its Monthly Report    (15.05.2021) The Current Political Situation in Somalia  -Deadlock over elections Leaders of the federal government and federal member states agreed to a framework which would allow indirect polls on 17th September 2020 after a ‘one person, one vote’ electoral plan failed due the …

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Today; AlShabaab has reportedly attacked Hotel Afrik attack in #Mogadishu on the road to the international airport. The attack has claimed mainly civilian lives including a newly married couple and a young man who was working for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and an Ex-Somalia police Gen. Galal who reportedly was their main target of …

Somalia News Alert – (31 January 2021): Alshabab Carries Out “Deadly Major Attack on Hotel Afrik in Mogadishu” Read More »