Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 08-02-2018
Advocacy group Cage Africa has called for the immediate release of a poet and women’s rights activist who was detained by Somaliland security services on her way to Somalia.
It’s understood Naema Ahmed Ibrahim was apparently arrested without a court warrant for a social media post in which she allegedly referred to the unity of Somalia.
According to the Director of the Human Rights Centre in Hargeisa Guleid Ahmed Jama, Ibrahim has been remanded in custody until February 15 and has not been allowed to receive visits from her family.
In a statement, Cage Africa’s Feroz Boda says Ibrahim’s arrest for a social media post is unacceptable and a violation of the rule of law.
“These kinds of arrests are part of a broader campaign in Africa in which government security services are expected to play ball in the US-led ‘War on Terror’, and they do so by cracking down on Muslim activists such as Ms Ibrahim.”
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