Further information: Somalia: Prisoners of conscience/Fear of torture/ Incommunicado detention

Index Number: AFR 52/004/2005
Date Published: 30 May 2005
Categories: Africa, Somalia

Up to 100 detained demonstrators from the Gaboye minority group who had reportedly protested peacefully at the shooting of Khadar Osman Dhabar have been released. They were held incommunicado for a short period and then freed without charge.