Puntland: Perscutes and repatriates refugees from the ******

[malistar2012]

In 1991, after the collapse of Mohamed Siyad Barre’s regime, in Somalia, some Somali warlords formed clan based autonomous regional entities under the auspices of the EPRDF/TPLF government in Ethiopia. These regional entities such as Puntland and Somaliland are not independent from Ethiopian interference.

 

Ethiopia established an intelligence-gathering bureau called “Ethiopian Interest Protection Office” to pursue members of its opposition through its numerous agents in Hargeisa and Garowe who have been given free license to detain, rape, torture and kill any Somali from the ****** suspected of being an ONLF supporter.

 

Due to the magnitude and scale of the oppression and violations of the basic human rights in the ******, a large number of Somalis from the ****** region flee from their homeland to neighbouring countries, including Puntland, seeking asylum, shelter and safety.

 

Refugees from the ****** who escape from the Ethiopian government’s unceasing infringement on their basic human rights are being persecuted in Puntland as well as Somaliland, where they are constantly imprisoned, tortured and then handed over to the Ethiopian government in exchange for ammunition, materials or simply to prove loyalty, cooperation and friendship to Ethiopia.

 

Human rights instruments provide protection against refoulement. The UN Convention against Torture, in Sub‑article (l and 2) of Article 3 states that:

 

“1. No State Party shall expel, return (refouler) or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.

 

2. For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds, the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights.”

Article 14 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that:

“Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution”

 

Nevertheless, in different parts of Somalia, in the past 12 years, many Somalis from the ****** were detained, tortured, their private properties confiscated and then handed over to the Ethiopian government against their will, in exchange for ammunition and other materials. Most of them were traders, residents and visitors, who were not involved in any illegal activities and have no any political affiliation whatsoever.

 

Many refugees from the ****** who were forcibly returned to Ethiopia have since disappeared in the notorious military detention camps throughout Ethiopia and were never seen again by their loved ones while others were tortured to death.

 

The latest group of refugees from the ****** were handed over to Ethiopia by Puntland Authorities, on the 2nd of May 2008.

 

In Gaalkacyo, Puntland, on May 1st 2008, a large number of Somalis from the ****** were rounded up and detained without charges by Puntland and Ethiopian security forces. They weresubjected to constant interrogation under torture in the form of extensive and indiscriminate beating. On May 2nd 2008, some of them were handed over officially to the Ethiopian security forces and then transferred to Wardheer Military barracks. Among them were: Abdinur Siyad Ismail, Abdiyare Haybe Omar, Omar Sheikh Mohamoud and Farah Good. They are being held incommunicado, in Wardheer, Tankgne military barracks. No charges have been laid formally against them and no trial date has been set.

 

To the best of the ****** Human Rights Committee’s knowledge, they were not involved in any illegal activity. They were construction workers with no political affiliation whatsoever. The ****** Human Rights Committee calls for them to be either charged with recognizable criminal offences and be given fair trials or immediately and uncon*ditionally released. The OHRC is also concerned about their safety and well-being, particularly in view of constant reports about confessions made under torture.

 

On the 22nd of April 2008, Abdinur Mohamed Soyan, an ONLF Executive Committee Member and Dire Afi Elmi, an ONLF Central Committee Member, were handed over to the Ethiopian Government by Puntland Authorities, in Garowe. The repatriation of the ONLF members has been confirmed by Ethiopian media outlet and the ONLF leadership.

 

On the 11th of April 2008, Abdullahi Ali Mohamed, businessman, who is Abdinur Mohamed Soyan’s cousin, was tortured to death by Ethiopian and Puntland security forces. Abdinur was asked to come to Puntland to collect his deceased cousin’s wife and children from Bosaaso.

 

Dire Afi and his family were living in Puntland where his wife hails from.

 

Abdinur and Dire were transferred to Wardheer military barracks, then Jigjiga military barracks and then subsequently to Harar. Their families and relatives have no idea about their fate and whereabouts.

 

The ****** Human Rights Committee is concerned about the safety and well-being of the two high-ranking ONLF political leaders and the other civilians who have been arbitrarily detained in Puntland and have been since unlawfully handed over to the Ethiopian security forces. The OHRC condemns Puntland’s unlawful act which breaches all International Human Rights Instruments and norms.

 

The OHRC calls for all political prisoners in Ethiopia be either immediately and unconditionally released or charged with recognized criminal offences, and given fair trials; and be given unrestricted and regular access to their family members and to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

 

Puntland Authorities denied the handover of Somalis from the ****** to Ethiopia for fear of being publicly shamed. But on the 4th of May 2008, the Puntland Administration which tolerates no dissent detained Abdalla Jama Jibril, a Somali elder from Gaalkacyo after he confirmed the repatriation of the Somalis from the ****** in an interview with the BBC Somali Service, and the eleder condemned these acts of persecution.

 

The ****** Human Rights Committee is concerned about the safety and well-being of this elder, Abdalla Jama Jibril, and urges Puntland’s Administration his unconditional and immediate release.

 

Scores of civilians from the ****** who fled from Ethiopian atrocities are also being held in harsh conditions without charges or trial, in prisons, in Puntland and Somaliland.

According to reliable reports received by OHRC, persecution and other acts of aggression against Somalis from the ****** are unabated, and are going on in Puntland and Somaliland on daily basis.

The ****** Human Rights Committee condemns these acts of killing, torture, arbitrary arrests and forcible repatriation of refugees from the ****** from the neighbouring countries.

[malistar2012]

In Gaalkacyo, Puntland, on May 1st 2008, a large number of Somalis from the ****** were rounded up and detained without charges by Puntland and Ethiopian security forces. They weresubjected to constant interrogation under torture in the form of extensive and indiscriminate beating. On May 2nd 2008, some of them were handed over officially to the Ethiopian security forces and then transferred to Wardheer Military barracks. Among them were: Abdinur Siyad Ismail, Abdiyare Haybe Omar, Omar Sheikh Mohamoud and Farah Good. They are being held incommunicado, in Wardheer, Tankgne military barracks. No charges have been laid formally against them and no trial date has been set.

 

 

 

Where was the Love in 2008 , When Farole was selling Modobee Cousins to the Tigrey Regime ...........

[Mad_Mullah]

No love, and our revenge will come. Puntland and Somaliland and the new Somali "government" are all stooges of Ethiopia. That's very well known.

 

But Saxib, this is called politics. Incidents like this will never be forgotten but acting like an angry school child won't get you anywhere.

[Mafia]

No need to relive the past Malistar. The people of both sides recognized that there are greater things that bond them together. They are one and united today, and that is what is bothering you.

[malistar2012]

October 27, 2009 (NAIROBI) — ****** rebels accused the Somali Puntland regional administration of handing over youth from southeast Ethiopia troubled region to Addis Ababa government.

 

Last year the ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) said Puntland regional administration had sealed a secret deal with the Ethiopian government to handover Oganden people and rebels to Addis Ababa.

 

Puntland Administration recently arrested a number of youth from ****** region and and handed them over to the Ethiopian government, said Hussein Mohamed Nur, ONLF communication officer.

 

In a statement to the independent Shebelle website Nur said Somaliland and Puntland deliver ****** youth to the Ethiopian government. He added that his group sent messages to the two administrations calling to stop such cooperation.

 

The ****** rebels dismissed last September cooperation with the Islamist insurgents in Somalia, Al Shebab who want to topple down the UN backed government in Mogadishu.

 

The rebel group said not surprised by this accusations from the governor of Somali officials who are "sponsored by Ethiopia," reaffirming that there group does not interfere in the internal affairs of the Somali republic and in fact has so far supported the new transitional government" despite the close relations between some Somali officials and Addis Ababa.

 

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Blacky sold his soul to just to be Governor lol ceeb ...................................... He should have sided with Gedo community who more loyal traditional known

[Alpha Blondy]

internal clan issues, miyaa?

 

geography is to blame.

[malistar2012]

Mafia

 

How can you forget when Caaghdeers needed Puntland they sold them out to the enemy by large Number , read this article just a year ago sxb ........

 

 

Bosaso, June 6, 2012 –There are currently a large number of refugees from ****** region who are miserably languishing in jails in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland regional administration.

The Puntland authorities have not yet provided any concrete evidence of wronging on the part of these illegally arrested refugees who are tortured in their jails except to regard them, by virtue of running away from persecution in their home country, as potential anti- Ethiopian ****** rebels who might constitute a threat to the security of Puntland. Some of these detainees are businessmen, elders and youth who have been residents in Puntland for a long time while others were simply refugees passing through their territory.

The Puntland administration has been engaging in this criminal practice, which violates international laws and conventions concerning the rights of refugees and contravenes the domestic constitution of Puntland, for a long time.

President Abdirahman Mohamud Farole of Puntland was on the record to have said in a speech that ****** refugees are citizens of Ethiopia who are not welcome in his territory. Subsequently, large numbers of these refugees were rendered back to Ethiopia, the very enemy they have escaped from, in clear violation of international and domestic laws and the age old brotherly hospitality extended to Somalis facing persecution.

Badal Abdi Hussien

Mr. Badal Abdi Hussien was taken away from his shop in Bosaso on February 25, 2012 and detained in jail run by the Puntland Intelligence Services (PIS) in Boosaaso. He was badly tortured there (as you can see in this short video clip) to the extent that the flesh of his fingers has been peeled off. His situation is serious and he needs urgent medical attention. Mr. Badal has not yet been charged with any crime to this day and no one knows why he is held in prison and tortured.

The use of torture is becoming widespread in Puntland jails lately. Relatives of tortured victims are denied access to visit their loved ones for fear of revealing the horrible situation of the prisoners.

According to our sources in Bosaso, the residents of the city are appalled by the despicable treatment meted out to ****** refugees in these jails, but they can do very little about it as the practice of holding even citizens of Puntland incommunicado and torturing them is becoming rampant these days in Puntland.

ONA

 

Puntland has no respect kblx Family ceeb whatch this video

 

 

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ILLAHOW TOL LA AAN HANA DHIGIN

[Sensei]

^What do you intend to instigate maanta ?

[malistar2012]

those that forget history are doomed to repeat it

 

 

 

Mr. Badal Abdi Hussien was taken away from his shop in Bosaso on February 25, 2012 and detained in jail run by the Puntland Intelligence Services (PIS) in Boosaaso. He was badly tortured there (as you can see in this short video clip) to the extent that the flesh of his fingers has been peeled off. His situation is serious and he needs urgent medical attention. Mr. Badal has not yet been charged with any crime to this day and no one knows why he is held in prison and tortured.

The use of torture is becoming widespread in Puntland jails lately. Relatives of tortured victims are denied access to visit their loved ones for fear of revealing the horrible situation of the prisoners.

 

 

Thread is for Puntlanders who are trying to create division between Dblck and HAG ......... while they torture Caagdheers and Katummist and sell them out to the enemy. Why?

 

 

I have to give it up to the Puntlanders Use the D block card when it suites them

[Mafia]

Malistar2012,

 

Naf lacaarid ayaad tahay adeer. Dacaayad iyo Propaganda ka dha ah Puntland kuma *****li kartid waaga u baryay Jubbaland.

[malistar2012]

Mafia

 

Naf lacaarid ayaad tahay adeer. Dacaayad iyo Propaganda ka dha ah Puntland kuma *****li kartid waaga u baryay Jubbaland.

 

This jubbaland Project will fail , Blacky will Humiliate the great Caagdheer warriors , Puntland elite will come with different face lol................ all this for a Governor lol ceeb

 

 

Mafia are you denying the fact

[Che -Guevara]

You have been saying it will fail, when will it fail?

[malistar2012]

Ugu dambayntii, ra’iisul wasaaraha ayaa sheegay inuu jiro qorsha kale oo loogu magac daray Shabeel, kaasoo ay xukuumaddu dhamaystirtay lana daah-furi doono dhawaan, qorshaasoo uu ku sheegay inuu yahay mid guud ahaan dalka looga saarayo Al-shabaab iyo kuwa nabadda diiddan, si guud ahaan dalka la isugu furo.

[Mad_Mullah]

Miskeen Malistar thinks that creating a thread will stop Jubbaland. But it's a fact on the ground.

 

[Mafia]

Che -Guevara;967117 wrote:

You have been saying it will fail, when will it fail?

You took it out of my mouth. The incessant campaign against Jubbaland has let Malistar2012 and other like-minded individuals no where. Every threshold and obstacle this new government passes, they decry more and invent another propaganda. The only hope for Somalia is that Jubbaland succeeds, its neighbors, the so-called Mayland and Central Region of Somalia also succeed. President Xassan Sheekh & Co. will only usher a new era of civil war, lawlessness and poverty in Somalia. He is a just another warlord in a long line of destructive forces that Mogadishu produced.

 

Hassan will celebrate one-year in office in 3.5 weeks. Let's revisit what he accomplished:

 

1) Ignited fesh war and chaos in Kismayo and all of Jubbaland

2) Looted the constitution that was supposed to be the building block of our nation

3) Revived the D vs. H animosity in almost every part of Somalia today.

4) Looted the public funds - Hassan's gov't stole $16.8 million in the 11.5 months he has been in power, as evidenced by UN Monitoring Group and PWC. 85% of the money given to them was unaccounted for. Most of it went to few guys that are in cohoot with the president himself

5) Turned neighboring countries into enemy/hostile nations

6)**Most importantly, Soomali dhan ayuu ceebeeyay.