“Why Am I Still Here?”

The 2007 Horn of Africa Renditions and the Fate of Those Still Missing

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Map of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia

Summary

Recommendations

To the Ethiopian Government

To the Kenyan Government

To the US Government

To the Somali Government

To the Canadian Government

To Other Governments

Methodology

Arrest, Detention, Rendition, and Torture

Conflict in Somalia

Arrests and Detentions in Kenya and Somalia

Renditions to Somalia and Ethiopia

US Intelligence in Addis Ababa

US Aid to the Region

The Ethiopian Role

The “Disappeared”

Case Studies

Ishmael Noor

Salim Awadh Salim

Ali Yusuf

Kamilya Mohamed Tuwein

Suleiman Abdi

Swaleh Ali Tunza

Abdullah Hamid

International Legal Standards

Ackowledgements

Appendix A. Letter to the Ethiopian Government, August 21, 2008

Appendix B. Letter to the Kenyan Government, August 29, 2008

Appendix C. Letter to the Kenyan Government, March 22, 2007

 

September 2008   ISBN: 1-56432-380-3