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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]
HRW urges end to Somalia armed conflict
August 15, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused all parties to Somalia's ongoing armed conflict of engaging in rights violations and urged the parties to immediately end abuses against citizens. In a report entitled "You Don't Know Who To Blame: War Crimes in Somalia", HRW describes abuses carried out.... [more]
Somali parliament adopted Sharia law [this day at law]
April 18, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On April 18, 2009, the Somali parliament voted to adopt Sharia law in an attempt by President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to bring stability to the failed state. Ahmed agreed to support plans for the implementation of a moderate form of Sharia religious law as part of a cease fire agreement with the.... [more]
Federal prosecutors charge 3 men with funding Somalia terrorist organization
November 4, 2010 by Aman Kakar
The US District Court Eastern District of Missouri on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging three men with providing material support to Somali-based Islamic terrorist organization al Shabaab. The October 21 indictment charges Mohamud Abdi Yusuf, Duane Mohamed Diriye and Abdi Mahdi Hussein.... [more]
Norway suspect pleads not guilty in country's first terror financing trial
September 7, 2010 by Carrie Schimizzi
A Somalia native pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an Oslo District Court at Norway's first trial under its 2002 terror financing law. The unidentified Somali-born Norwegian citizen has been accused of sending at least USD $33,000 to senior commanders of the al-Shabaab rebel movement between August.... [more]
DOJ charges 14 with aiding Somalia-based terror organization al-Shabaab
August 6, 2010 by Ann Riley
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced that 14 individuals have been charged with providing money, personnel and services to the Somalia-based Islamic terrorism organization al-Shabaab. Prosecutors in the Southern District of Alabama, the Southern District of California and the.... [more]
Rights group criticizes ongoing Somalia violence
April 19, 2010 by Hillary Stemple
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday criticized the violent and repressive conditions in southern Somalia that have been implemented by the Islamist group al-Shabaab. HRW interviewed more than 70 victims and witnesses, concluding that while some areas of the country under al-Shabaab rule are more.... [more]
DOJ charges 8 with supporting Somalia terrorist organization
November 24, 2009 by Jay Carmella
The US Justice Department (DOJ) on Monday unsealed charging documents against eight defendants for recruiting for and providing financial support to the Somali terrorist organization al-Shabaab. The defendants are being charged with recruiting approximately 20 individuals in the Minneapolis area.... [more]
Somalia judge known for sentencing pirates, Islamists killed
November 12, 2009 by Steve Dotterer
A Somali judge known for jailing suspected pirates, human traffickers, and Islamist insurgents was shot dead Wednesday while leaving a mosque in the Puntland city of Bossaso. Judge Mohamed Abdi Aware of the Puntland high court and the Puntland Supreme Judicial Council, had recently jailed four.... [more]
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