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June 27, 2018 News Release

UN: Dangerous Double Standard on Children in Conflict

Secretary-General’s ‘List of Shame’ Should Reflect Report Findings

School in Nikishine, eastern Ukraine, damaged during fighting between Ukrainian government and rebel forces from Aug. 2014 to Feb. 2015.
May 8, 2018 News Release

Somaliland: Prosecutions Threaten Free Expression

Repeal Provisions that Criminalize Free Speech

Naima Ahmed Ibrahim, a popular poet, was sentenced to three years in prison for promoting unity of Somaliland with Somalia. She was released on May 7, 2018, following a presidential pardon after spending more than three months in detention. © Private
April 17, 2018 Report

Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped

Grant Access to Asylum Procedures; Hold Abusers Accountable

Buraika detention facility for migrants in Aden governorate, Yemen. © 2018 VICE News Tonight on HBO
February 21, 2018 News Release

Somalia: Detained Children Face Abuse

Emphasize Rehabilitation, Develop Child-Specific Procedures

A prison warden at a prison in Garowe, Puntland state, in northeastern Somalia, December 2016.
February 21, 2018 Interview

Interview: How Security Forces in Somalia Fail to Protect Children

After recruitment by Al-Shabab, children face difficult conditions in detention

Photo of Somali children blindfolded.
January 28, 2018 News Release

Somalia: Thousands Homeless as Settlements Razed

Government Pledge to Investigate Forced Evictions a Positive Step

Map Showing demolished IDP settlements in Mogadishu
January 14, 2018 News Release

Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children

Residents Threatened to Hand Over Boys, Girls

Children learning to read the Quran at the Gaabow Islamic school in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, August 2013. Parents and teachers told Human Rights Watch that Al-Shabab militants threatened and on occasion abducted teachers and children from schools in
November 10, 2017 Dispatches

Shuttering Social Media During Somaliland’s Elections

Access to Information Crucial for Free, Fair Vote

People work in a printing studio as they prepare materials to mark the break-away of Somaliland from Somalia in Hargeysa, May 16, 2015.
October 23, 2017 Commentary

Somalia Attack a Wake-Up Call to the West

Civilians walk at the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 14, 2017
October 15, 2017 Dispatches

Somalia Bombing Takes Ghastly Civilian Toll

At Least 230 Dead, Hundreds Wounded in Mogadishu Attack

Civilians walk at the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 14, 2017
September 27, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Mechanism Needed to Document Violations and Provide Accountability in Somalia

Item 10 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Somalia

Somali Freelance journalist Mohamed Guray holds his camera after he was injured in a secondary explosion in front of Dayah hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, January 25, 2017.
July 26, 2017 News Release

Somalia: Al-Shabab Forces Burn Villages

Raids Marked by Abductions, Arson and Looting Cause Mass Flight

Somali families rest as they flee from drought-stricken Lower Shabelle region before entering makeshift camps in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, joining the thousands already displaced, March 17, 2017. Al-Shabab forces attacked villages in Lower Shabelle re
July 18, 2017 Dispatches

Review of Somalia’s Media Law Falls Short

Key Provisions that Severely Restrict Speech Remain

Journalists queue for a security sweep outside the venue of the presidential vote at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
July 12, 2017 Dispatches

African Union Troops Vacate Base in Somali University

Time for AU to End Military Use of Schools and Universities

Screenshot from a video showing the ceremony as Burundian soldiers from AMISOM leave their military base on the Somalia National University campus in Dharkenley district, west of Mogadishu.
May 2, 2017 News Release

Somalia: Rights Priorities for New Government

Help At-Risk Civilians, Improve Oversight of Security Forces

Prisoners at Mogadishu Central Prison watch as a guard walks pass their cell in December 2013. Most of the military court’s hearings in Mogadishu take place inside the prison, which limits access to hearings for relatives and independent monitors.

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