Somalia

Child of 13 stoned to death in Somalia - 31 October 2008

Previously reported to be 23 years old, the girl had been accused of adultery in breach of Islamic law.

Somalia: Girl stoned was a child of 13 - 31 October 2008

Contrary to earlier news reports, the girl stoned to death in Somalia this week was 13, not 23, Amnesty International can reveal.

Routine killings of civilians in Somalia - 6 May 2008

The dire human rights and humanitarian crisis facing the people of Somalia has been revealed in a groundbreaking new Amnesty International report.

Somalia/Ethiopia: Deliberate killing of civilians is a war crime - 25 April 2008

Amnesty International refutes statements made by the Ethiopian government on its report about a raid on the Al Hidya Mosque in Mogadishu on 19 April 2008. In the att

Ethiopia must release mosque attack children - 24 April 2008

Ethiopian forces and forces of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) have been accused of targeting civilians in an attack on a Mogadishu mosque that

Somalia/Ethiopia: Release children held in raid on Al Hidya mosque - 23 April 2008

Amnesty International today called on the Ethiopian military to release some 41 children held after a raid on Mogadishu’s Al Hidya mosque on 19 April 2008, whi

Killed for telling the truth - 3 March 2008

Journalists in Somalia are being killed for reporting the truth about the country's bloody conflict.

Somalia: Journalists face deliberate and systematic attack - 3 March 2008

Amnesty International today revealed the extent of the repression facing Somali journalists trying to report on the continuing conflict in the war-torn country, saying