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UN rights expert: Somalia should strengthen justice sytem following attacks
April 18, 2013 by Blake Lynch
The UN Independent Expert on human rights in Somalia on Wednesday urged the Somali government to continue efforts to strengthen the country's justice system in the wake of Sunday's attacks on the Supreme Court complex. The attacks by al Shabaab rebels killed more than 30 people, including judges,.... [more]
Somalia Supreme Court attacked by al-Shabaab radicals
April 15, 2013 by Sarah Posner
Al-Shabaab radicals launched an attack on Sunday against Somalia's Supreme Court. The attack, resulting in at least 35 deaths, was one of the worst attacks in years for the country's capital of Mogadishu. According to the Somali government, nine men were involved in the attack against the court,.... [more]
EU, Kenya reached pirate prosecution agreement [this day at law]
March 6, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On March 6, 2009, the European Union (EU) announced an agreement with Kenya to transfer suspected pirates captured by the EU into Kenyan custody for prosecution. Kenya, the lead prosecutor of suspected pirates at the time, prosecuted 18 Somali nationals, including the 9 initially involved in the.... [more]
Somalia appeals court acquits alleged rape victim, reduces journalist sentence
March 3, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
Somali appeals court judge Mohamed Hassan Ali on Sunday dropped charges against a woman who alleged she had been raped by Somali government security forces and was consequently charged with defamation against the government. The judge found the evidence insufficient to back the prosecutor's charge.... [more]
UAE court upholds sentences for Somali pirates
February 25, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeal Court on Monday upheld the sentences of 10 Somali pirates convicted of highjacking a UAE-owned bulk-carrier ship. In April 2011, the men reportedly commandeered the MV Arrilah-1 as it hauled aluminum in the Arabian Sea en route to Dubai from Australia. The pirates.... [more]
Federal judge sentenced Somali pirate to 34 years [this day at law]
February 16, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On February 16, 2011, a federal judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Somali pirate Abduwali Muse to 34 years in prison for the 2009 hijacking of the vessel Maesrk Alabama. Muse was charged on counts that included conspiracy and committing piracy after the.... [more]
UN rights chief urges Somalia to reopen case against alleged rape victim, journalist
February 6, 2013 by Keith Herting
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday urged the government of Somalia to reopen the case of a reporter and an alleged rape-victim who were both sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday. Calling the sentences a "serious blow to the fight against sexual violence," Pillay called.... [more]
Somalia court sentences alleged rape victim, journalist
February 5, 2013 by Peter Snyder
A Somali court on Tuesday sentenced a woman who accused Somali security forces of rape to a year in prison for insulting a government body and making false claims. The same court in Mogadishu also sentenced freelance reporter Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, who interviewed the woman in January, to a.... [more]
Somalia PM promises to increase protection to rape victims, journalists
February 3, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
Somalia's new prime minister, Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid, said Sunday that the Somali authorities would become more involved in protecting rape victims following intense criticism after the arrests of a woman allegedly gang-raped by soldiers and the journalist who interviewed her. The trial of an.... [more]
Rights groups unite in push to free jailed Somali journalist
January 25, 2013 by Keith Herting
A collection of human rights groups and free-press advocates issued a joint statement Tuesday calling for the release of a journalist and three others who have been detained in Somalia following one woman's claim of rape by government security forces. Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch.... [more]
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