Somalia

Nigeria: Government must arrest Sudanese President during visit - 22 October 2009

Amnesty International today revealed that Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has issued an invitation to Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to visit Nigeria even though President al Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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The interlinked human rights and humanitarian crises continued to worsen in 2008.

Amputations carried out on four young men in Somalia - 25 June 2009

The men had their right hands and left legs amputated by members of the al-Shabab armed militia in front of a crowd of local people in northern Mogadishu.

Amputations deplorable - 25 June 2009

Amnesty International condemns the cross amputations carried out on four young men today by al-Shabab armed militia in northern Mogadishu.

Somali armed group Al-Shabab should not carry out amputations - 22 June 2009

Four young men accused of stealing pistols and mobile phones, have been sentenced to amputation on Tuesday by an ad-hoc court.

Somalia: Al-Shabab should not carry out amputations - 22 June 2009

Amnesty International is calling on the Al-Shabab armed group not to carry out amputations on four men accused of robbery tomorrow morning in Mogadishu. 

Somalia: Al-Shabab should not carry out amputations - 22 June 2009

Amnesty International is calling on the Al-Shabab armed group not to carry out amputations on four men accused of robbery tomorrow morning in Mogadishu. 

Somalia: Investigate killing of radio director - 8 June 2009

Amnesty International calls on the Somalia Transitional Federal Government to open a thorough, prompt and impartial investigation, with the assistance of the internati

Somalia: Amputations and public killings must stop - 14 May 2009

During a week that has seen scores of civilians killed, hundreds injured and thousands displaced by clashes between pro- and anti-government forces in Mogadishu, Amnes

No freedom – journalists stopped from doing their jobs - 3 May 2009

Press Freedom Day, 3 May, has, for a number of years, been a day in which journalists and media workers marked the deaths of increasing numbers of their colleagues a
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