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In a press release, El Ali Indigenous leaders make An Urgent International Call for Canada, USA & China to immediately return the multi-million meteorite that was robbed from the Community by Al-shabab militias who overpowered the community that demonstrated some rebellion and resistance to protect the centuries old meteorite found in Eli Ali which was …

Press Release: Somalia’s El Ali District Indigenous Community Leaders Call for Canada, USA & China to Return their Meteorite Read More »

In Somalia Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) are exposed to gender-based violence due to the nature of their work, in line with patriarchal norms that perpetuate gendered misconceptions regarding the place of women in society. They experience violence within their own movements and organizations or at the hands of family or the communities which they …

Somalia: HANAHR Participates in the Model Guide and Guidelines for the Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa Validation Meeting 6th September, 2022 Read More »

  Submitted in application to Article 19 of the UN Committee Against Torture and Cruel Inhumane and Degrading Treatment 75th Session of the Convention Against Torture. CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS PRESENTING THE REPORT Submitted by: The Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders CSHRDs The Coalition of Somalia Human Rights Defenders (CSHRDs) is a non-governmental, non-partisan and …

JOINT ALTERNATIVE REPORT – Somalia: Patterns of unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment Read More »

What happens to the victims of torture in Somalia ? Somalia is a country of which modern history is shaped by violence and lawlessness with turbulent political and security context. All most, every administration from the newly adopted federal level to the regional level, torture is a customised tool to punish critics which include journalists, …

Somalia: Forgotten Victims of Torture Read More »

Charcoal illicit export business in Somalia is the main cause of deforestation in a country that is already hardly stricken by climate crisis. The illicit charcoal business in Somalia involves massive cutting of trees and deforestation and destruction of indigenous people’s environment and inflicting devastating life impact upon indigenous communities that include both nomads and …

Somalia: Charcoal Business Is the Main Cause of Deforestation Read More »