Arbitrarily arrested, assassinated (violent reprisals), tortured, and silenced, Somali human rights defenders are courageous some in the most exceptional situations, where they are targeted by state and non-state actors in entire Somalia.
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For immediate Press Release Dated as 04 June 2023 Attack on Minority Family in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia. The Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders CSHRDs condemns the reckless attack by armed men against minority family while sleeping mid night in their house in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia on 3rd of June 2023. Recorded video from the scene …
Immediate Press Release (06/12/2022) The Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders is gravely concerned the Somali government officials targeting and cracking down on independent Somali journalists who mainly human rights violations by government officials and Al-shabab terrorists in different regions in Somalia. The Somalia government recently warned journalists to independently cover violations perpetrated by al-shabab …
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Immediate Press Release Immediate Press Release (30/10/2022)The Coalition of Somali human rights defenders CSHRDs condemns yesterday’s targeted twin suicide explosions with the strongest terms, the reckelss suicide explosion claimed the lives of innocent people of more than 250 and the number of casualties still continue to increase as many bodies are being recovered from the wreckage …
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COALITION OF SOMALI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CSHRDs ISBEHEYSIGA DIFAACAYAASHA XUQUUQDA AADANAHA SOOMAALIYA Dated as 03 October 2022 PRESS RELAESE on the Joint Communique on 30 September 2022 by Prime Minister of Ethiopia (Abiy Ahmed) & the president of Somalia (Hassan Sheikh) calling the UN Security Council for lifting Somalia’s arms Embargo For Immediate Press Release Coalition …
Journalists in Somalia operating at great personal risk. See video in this link for details https://youtu.be/3l3ppHlRnKY The recent attack, attempted murder and the subsequent arrest, torture and confiscation of equipment carried out by the police of Wadajir district, Mogadishu, on Monday morning 18-07-2022 against journalists from Arlaadi Media Network. The police force attacked journalist Mohamed …
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Press release Somalia: Peaceful transfer of power following a Presidential election but the country remains fraught with safety concerns Somalia’s new President and the first to serve two non-consecutive terms defeated Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’ Abdullahi Mohamed by 214-110 votes in a third-round runoff. Only 329 members of parliament voted in these elections. It was not …
Somalia Elections – CSHRDs & ICJ Joint Press Release. Read More »
(Press Release dated; 25 March, 2022) – Kenya defense force kdf that is part of AMISOM has deliberately perpetrated summery & extra judicial killing against non-combatant civilians from the nomad community in Raskamboni (in Kismayo suburb) on 21st March, 2022. The kdf attacked the community and selectively gathered young men and killed them instantly on …
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