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Djibouti Letter to the Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Urging the Organisation to Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism Human Rights Watch writes to urge Dr. Ihsanoglu to use his position as Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to support measures at the upcoming Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal on March 13-14 that would improve and strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism. In particular, we urge the OIC to consider two amendments to the Convention in order to narrow its overbroad definition of terrorism and to make absolutely clear that there is no sanction in Islam for deliberately attacking civilians, whatever the circumstances or justifications. March 11, 2008 Letter Also available in 
Printer friendly version Somalia: War Crimes in Mogadishu UN Should Address Civilian Protection Ethiopian, Somali and insurgent forces are all responsible for rampant violations of the laws of war in Mogadishu, causing massive suffering for the civilian population, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch urged the UN Security Council during its current deliberations on Somalia to include a strong civilian protection mandate in any peacekeeping mission. August 13, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Letter to the President of Djibouti Human Rights Watch has received reliable reports that your government arbitrarily refused entry to four people seeking political asylum from Eritrea in late December in violation of Djibouti’s international treaty obligations. February 22, 2005 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Djibouti: Release Jailed Opposition Leader The Djibouti government should immediately release journalist and opposition leader Daher Ahmed Farah from prison, cancel the fine levied against him and allow him to resume publishing his newspaper, Human Rights Watch said today. July 30, 2003 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Djibouti: Letter to President Guelleh Human Rights Watch requests that you unconditionally release from detention journalist Daher Ahmed Farah, a political opposition leader who has been convicted of the crime of defamation for criticizing the army chief of staff in an article in his newspaper, Le Renouveau. We further request that the government lift its 3-month ban on publishing Le Renouveau and annul the enormous fine imposed on Farah. July 30, 2003 Letter Djibouti: Child Soldier Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Sporadic clashes between government military forces and the FRUD armed wing, mainly in the Djibouti-Ethiopia border areas, have been reported. Military service is not compulsory and recruitment is apparently only on a voluntary basis. No information is available regarding minimum recruitment age or current recruitment practices. The army is mainly composed of members of the Issa, the dominant Somali clan in Djibouti. June 12, 2001 Multi Country Report
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