Kenyan anti-rendition campaigner missing

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Kenyan anti-rendition campaigner missing

 

By TOM ODULA and DAVID OCHAMI, Associated Press Writers Sat Aug 25, 5:14 PM ET

 

NAIROBI, Kenya - The family of a Kenyan Muslim who campaigned against the international transfer of prisoners with alleged terror links said Saturday that he has disappeared.

 

Farah Mohammed Abdulahi, 26, was last seen on August 19 leaving a mosque in Nairobi's Eastlands district, being led into a car by three men in civilian clothing, said his father Mohammed Abdulahi.

 

"We have tried calling him (Farah) on his cell phone. It rings and nobody speaks. ... We have gone to all police stations, but we cannot trace him," Mohammed said.

 

Earlier this year, an Associated Press investigation into the transfer of prisoners over international borders — known as "rendition" — forced U.S. officials to acknowledge a secret program of transferring terrorism suspects arrested in Kenya to Ethiopian prisons. Farah Abdulahi became a vocal critic after his 19-year-old brother Abdi was arrested and imprisoned in Ethiopia in January.

 

Those released from jail say they were interrogated by U.S. security agents on terror related issues. The CIA began an aggressive program in 2002 to interrogate suspected terrorists at an unknown number of secret locations from Southeast Asia to Europe. Prisoners were often arrested in one country and imprisoned in another, where a cooperative intelligence service would hold them incommunicado.

 

U.S. government officials contacted by the AP acknowledged questioning prisoners in Ethiopia, but they said American agents were following the law and were fully justified in their actions because they were investigating past attacks and current threats of terrorism.

 

His father said before his disappearance, Farah was campaigning for his brother Abdi's release. Abdi was arrested on the Kenya-Somali border earlier this year after the collapse of the Somali Islamic Courts Union in an Ethiopian-led offensive. According to flight manifests, Abdi was deported to Somalia and then Ethiopia along with 17 other Kenyan Muslims.

 

Abdi's father said Fatuma Ahmed Chande, a Tanzanian Muslim, said she met Abdi in Ethiopian jail.

 

"She told me that she was released after Tanzania intervened. Ugandans and other prisoners were also set free when their governments intervened," said Abdi's father.

 

Kenyan police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said police were investigating Farah's disappearance and Criminal Investigation Department officer Isaiah Osugo denied they were involved.

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Lobbies to Protest At Terrorism Arrests

 

Daily Nation - Sunday, August 26, 2007

 

Nairobi (Daily Nation) - Muslim human rights activists are to hold street demonstrations to pressure the Government to seek the release of Kenyans being held abroad over terrorism.

 

According to the Muslim Human Rights Forum, 18 Kenyans arrested since last year are being detained in Ethiopia, Somalia and Guatanamo Bay in Cuba.

 

The lobby claims that the latest captive, Mr Farah Mohammed Abdullahi, 26, was abducted by Kenyan police last Sunday and his family fears he, too, will be taken out of the country.

 

Mr Abdullahi's younger brother, Mr Abdi Rashid, was seized in January 20 by anti-terrorism police officers and questioned over links to a militia which took control of Somalia capital Mogadishu, but has since been ousted.

 

"Efforts to trace my son indicate he was repatriated to Ethiopia where he is imprisoned," said their father, Mr Mohammed Abdullahi.

 

"We have looked for him at police stations but we have not been able to find him."

 

According to their lawyer, Mr Harun Ndumbi, Mr Farah was accosted on Sixth Avenue of Nairobi's Eastleigh estate by "people suspected to be security agents" after he left a mosque.

 

However, police denied arresting the man.

 

The disappearance was reported to the Kasarani police station in the city.

 

"For the first two days since he went missing, we tried to raise him on his cellphone, and the calls went through but nobody answered," Mr Abdullahi said.

 

"Since then, the phone is out of reach."

 

Mr Abdullahi accused police of refusing to cooperate and said they are reluctant to carry out a search.

 

Source: Daily Nation

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Kooxaha u dooda xuquuda Aadanaha ee Kenya oo qaban qaabinaya banaanbaxyo

 

Mogadishu 28, August 07 ( Sh.M.Network) Kooxda u dooda xaquuqda aadanaha ee dalka Kenya ayaa sheegtay in ay qorsheenayso banaanbax looga soo horjeedo xariga loo geystay nin u dhashay Soomaalida-Kenya oo u ololeeya muslimiinta Kenya oo lagu waayey magaalada Nairobi, loona maleenayo inay xirteen waaxda la dagaalanka argagixisada ee dalka Kenya.

 

Kooxda muslimiinta ee xaquuqda aadanaha ee fadhigeedu yahay magaalada Nairobi ayaa hadda isku duweysa dibadbaxyo ka dhaca wadooyinka, taasoo daba socota waxa ay rumeysan yihiin afduubka loo geystay Faarax Maxamed Cabdulaahi oo ay ku sameeyeen booliska Kenya qeybta ka hor taga argagixisada.

 

Cabdilaahi waxa uu ahaa nin u ololeeya siideynta dadka Muslimiinta Kenya ee lagu eedeeyo inay xiriir la leeyihiin argagixisada.

 

Gudoomiyaha ururka Al-Amin Kimathi, ayaa faahfaahin ka bixiyey sida ay wax u dhaceen.

 

“waxay aheyd Axadii la soo dhaafay, abaarahii halkii saac, Cabdulaahi oo ka sii baxaya masaajid ku yaalla xaafada Islii ayaa waxaa u yimid laba nin oo la hadlay dabadeedna ku ritay baabuur ay wateen, goob joogayaal ayaa noo xaqiijiyey in raga kaxeystay Cabdulaahi ay wateen gaari looga shakiyey inay lahaayeen waaxda la dagaalanka argagixisada,”

 

Gudoomiyaha waxa uu intaasi ku daray in xiligaasi wixii ka dambeeyey aan indhaha laga qaadin Cabdulaahi. Kimathi waxa uu sheegay in qareenada ay kula taliyeen marqaatiga inaysan saxaafada la hadlin sababo la xiriira cabsi loo qabo amaankooda.

 

Waxa uu sheegay in ku dhowaad todobaad la waday baadi goob, ka dibna la la ogaaday in Faarax Maxamed Cabdulaahi ay xiratay dowlada Kenya laakiin booliska waxa uu beeniyey inuu wax lug ah ku lahaa arrintan.

 

Cabdulaahi waxaa lagu yaqaanay inuu u ololeeyey gaar ahaan siidenyta walaalkiisa ka yaraa oo la yiraahdo Cabdi Maxamed Cabdulaahi oo booliska ay xireen bilowgii sanadkan.

 

Kimathi waxa uu sheegay in Faarax uu la xiriirayey walaalkiisa Cabdi oo uu sheegay in markii loo qaaday Muqdishu ka dib loo sii gudbiyey Ethiopia.

 

Cabdi waxa uu ka mida ahaa 150 qof oo ka kala soo jeeda ugu yaraan sagaal wadan oo lagu xiray xadka Kenya ay la wadaagto Soomaaliya intii uu socday dagaalkii dhex maray maxkamadahii Islaamiga iyo ciidamada Ethiopia oraantii sanadkan, dadkaasi ayaa qaarkood la siidaayey.

 

Kooxda u dooda xaquuqda bani’aadamka ee dalka Kenya waxa ay sheegay in badi dadkaasi ay weli ku xiran yihiin xabsiyada Ethiopia, laakiin dowlada Ethiopia waxa ay xaqiijisay xariga 41 ruux oo keliya oo lagu eedeeyey argagixisinimo.

 

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