End near as Assange's support grows: Mum

By: Nathan Paull, AAP January 7, 2013,

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's mother fears for her son's wellbeing but insists governments won't be able to ignore the support growing behind his cause for much longer.

 Mother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Australian-born Assange has been holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy for more than six months to avoid being arrested and taken to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations.

He fears the move will eventually result in his extradition to the US to be prosecuted over the controversial release of secret US military and diplomatic files on his whistleblower website Wikileaks.

But his mother Christine Assange says the US government's witch hunt against her son has highlighted its efforts to suppress freedom of information and free speech in a range of areas.

She says while support for Assange continues to grow worldwide, it has become a political movement that has grown bigger than Wikileaks and threatens to have ramifications at ballot boxes, especially in Australia.

Assange will run as a senate candidate in this year's federal election under a yet-to-be-formed Wikileaks party banner and is recruiting others to stand with him.

"This has become political now," Ms Assange told AAP on Monday.

"You wouldn't believe the cross-section of people that are now supporting Julian's new party."

She said support for her son was evident in the number of people keeping a vigil outside the Ecuadorian embassy.

But Ms Assange fears the isolation in the embassy and the threats he faces if he leaves may be starting to get to him.

"Any person who is locked up under that sort of pressure without sunlight or fresh air is going to be suffering," she said.

"He's very resilient, but he is human and of course this is part of their strategy.

"They can't charge him, they've got no evidence."

Assange has not left the embassy since he sought political asylum in June.

The building is under constant police guard, with officers ordered to arrest him if he leaves.

Wikileaks: Julian Assange arrest rumors 'false'

London - Rumors that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London are "false," the whistleblower website said on Saturday.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Indymedia UK had reported that Assange, the 41-year-old Australian who sparked a diplomatic row when he was granted asylum by Ecuador, was arrested while secretly visiting a medical clinic five minutes from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.


"Sources close to this reporter have confirmed that Wikileaks founder and international fugitive Julian Assange has been arrested by Scotland Yard detectives at a private medical clinic located just a five minute drive from the Ecuadorean Embassy," an article posted on the site claimed.


But Wikileaks, as well as the reporter to which the Indymedia UK article was attributed, vehemently denied the story, tweeting that "Reports of Julian #Assange arrest are false and derive from a fabricated story."


"Such media smears are common," Wikileaks tweeted. "Reader beware."


Indymedia UK has since 'hidden' the spurious article about Assange's arrest, citing a breach of editorial guidelines.


Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since last June. He entered the embassy in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted on charges of sexual assault. The charges reportedly stem from Assange having unprotected consensual sex with two Swedish women, which can be considered a crime in the Nordic country under certain circumstances.


Assange rose to international prominence after Wikileaks began leaking and publishing hundreds of thousands of classified US military and diplomatic cables, many of them detailing atrocities committed by US troops and local authorities in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Assange has been hailed as a champion of free speech and transparency by progressives around the word, and even by some libertarians like US congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul. Wikileaks has even been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.


But he has also been vilified by reactionary forces, especially conservative American politicians, some of whom have called Wikileaks a "terrorist organization". Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has gone so far as to call for Assange's execution.

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Qaybtii 2aad: Gorfaynta Xeerka Sir-doonka Qaranka: Xakamaynta Qawlka iyo Qalinka. Qalinkii Sare Boobe Yuusuf Ducaale

Qoraa Sare Boobe Yuusuf Ducaale

Intaas kuma ay koobnayn e’, maansooyinkii iyo heesihii halkudhegyada noqday ayaa raacay. Sow tii Cabdillaahi Suldaan, Timacadde lahaa:

“Dan Soomaaliyeed lama hayee, waa dabbaal kale e’,

Shacbigii dagaalka u gala, daadsan suuqyada e’,

Danbarkeedi Maandeeq nimaan, doonin baa dhamaye,

Dastuur iyo qawaaniin ayaan, cidina doon-doonin,

Ninnaan dawlad baa Xamar fadhida, haw dabbaal-degine,

Dawarsadaha qaawani kuwuu, daasaddaw madhiyay,

Ee daasaskeennii wixii, yaallay lagu doortay,

Dikhsi lama xisaabsanid haddaad, daw ku kulantaane,

Dibjirkiyo haddaan lala hadlayn, dumarka gaajaysan,

Goortaan horoo loo durkiyo, derejo eegaayay,

Hadduun baa sidii Buul Duqeed, daaha loo rogaye,”

Axmed Ismaaciil oo Qaasin, loo yaqaannay markii uu ka yaabay arxan-darradoodii iyo dareen-la’aantoodii sow kii laha:

“Dayaxaa la kala boobayaa, Dirirkii cawleede,

Xiddigtii Dagaar iyo la dhaaf, Diillintii Guray e’,

Dib baa Laxaha loo eegayaa, sacana waa daafe,

Duqii samada lagu sheegayiyo, dide Cir-jiidhiiye,

Dabaylaha rag baa kala yaqaan, dawga loo maro e’,

Hadba waqalka dihin Ruushku waw, doogsin-cararaaye,

Daruuraha la weeraray nin ogi, dib uga faallooye,

Nin da’dii halkaa gaadhay oo, daallan baan ahaye,

Hayeeshee dabkeedu ha ba’ee, doqoni waa mooge,

Daab gudimo weli sooma jarin, wiilashaan diraye,

Halka dunida lagu geeddi yahay, deyiba maayaane,

Umaddii daryeel weli ma helin, daacadda ahayde,

Sidii bay u dooyeysan tahay, damashii weyneyde,

Sidii bay duleedadda dhar-li’I, ugu dab-jeexaane,

Sidii baa du’ddada aar dhiciyo, dacaw u joogaaye,

Sidii baa dugaag uga gurtaa, daaqa xoolaha’e,

Sidii bay docii aqalladii, uga daloolaane,

Sidii baa darroorimada iyo, daad u gelayaaye,

Sidii baa degmadu ceelashii, ugu dar-leeftaaye,

Sidii baa Ducaaloow biyaha, loo dawariyaaye,

Sidii bay u daba goosi tahay, haradii Doolloode,

Oo weliba dibindaabyo-iyo, diriri joogtaaye,

Waa kaa dareersaday Axmaar, dayr-cadkii dhalaye,

Denbi ku hadli mayo e’ ma arag, dawladdaan rabaye,

Is-ma doorin gaalkaan diriyo, daarta kii galaye,

Dusha midabka Soomaali baad, dugulka mooddaaye,

Misna laguma diirsade qalbigu, waadirkii Karal e’,

Meeshaan dad aan urursho iyo, darar ka eegaayey,

Iyaba waa darxumo ii hadhaye, dacar miyaan leefay,

Ma dorraato raadkaan dhigaan, dib ugu soo laabtay,

Sidii aan deyeys nahay miyaan, dawgii ka habaabay,”

Axmed Ismaaciil Diiriye oo Qaasin loo yaqaannay wuxu sawirkan bixinayaa waa 1964kii. Bal hadda isu eega xaaladda aynu maanta ku sugan nahay, iyo xaaladdaa murugada leh ee uu Qaasin xilligaa fog sawirayay. Miyaanay maansooyinkani noolayn!

Haddii aynu godollo ka soo qaadanno Xaaji Aadan Af-qallooc, sow kii isaguna lahaa:

“Tallaabada mid gaalkii shabbaha, tegay ma-liibaane,

Adigoo wuxuun tabanayoo, tegay halkuu joogo,

Kolkuu sida libaax raqi u taal, qoorta kor u taago,

Oo uu ‘tayga’ luquntiisa sidhan, taabto faraqiisa,

Oo in aad addoonkiisa tahay, taana la ahaatay,

Oo aan dadkana taakulayn, calanna taageerin,

Oo in uu adduun badan tabcado, taa qudhaw jeeda,

Iyana waa tabaalaha waqtiga, taynu aragnaaye,

Tu’ kaloo ka daran baa jirtee, taana bal an sheego,”

Sawirkaasi waa kii taagnaa 1960kii ilaa 1969kii, markii ay ciidammadu taladii dalka qoriga ku maroorsadeen.

Nidaamkii Maxamed Siyaad malaha qiyaastii markii uu 10 sannadood xilka hayay, ayaa wax doorasho-ku-sheeg ahaa lagu soo dhisay wax markaa la odhan jiray Golaha Shacabka oo dhoob-dhoob ahaa. Berigaana dadweynuhu ma ay mahadin oo waxay ku suntadeen oo ay ula baxeen ‘Darka Sacabka’. Haddii aanan qaldanayn ama aanay xusuustayduba I dagayn, waxa kale oo ay beryahaa dadweynuhu ula baxeen oo ay Golahaa ma-dhalayska ahaa u qarin jireen ‘Shinbirayahow heesa.’ Hees ay Xaliimo Khaliif (Magool) qaadi jirtay oo aan u malaynayo in uu Xasan Sheekh Muumin lahaa ayaa halkudheggaa hadaaqa dadweynaha noqday laga soo qaatay.

Sow tii uu Muuse Cali Faruur, maansadiisii Deelleeyda ee ‘Deelleey markhaati leh’ ku lahaa:

“Ummad uma danaynin e’,

Waa darajo-siin iyo,

Dibitaatiyaashaan,

Darka Sacabka geynnee,

Doorashada ku sheegnee,

Ma mid aan dareen iyo,

Dar Ilaah ku keennoo,

Danta hoos u eegnaa,

Nagamana dahsoonee,

Dadku waxay ogsoon yiin,

In ay tahay duruuftani,

Dalka maanta taallaa,

Mid la sii diyaarshoo,

Dan-yar lagaga xoogsado,”

(La soco qaybta 3aad ………..)

Qaybtii 1aad - Gorfaynta Xeerka Sir-doonka Qaranka: Xakamaynta Qawlka iyo Qalinka. Qalinkii Boobe Yuusuf Ducaale

(Gorfaynta Xeerka Sir-doonka Qaranka: Xakamaynta Qawlka iyo Qalinka) -  Xeer-dejin iyo Xukuumad is-xanbaar ah.

Qoraa Sare Boobe Yuusuf Ducaale

“Waa ha hadlin,

Oo ha arkin,

Oo ha maqlin,

Waa habaar,

Waa habaar,

Waa habkaynu nahee,”

Riwaayaddii ‘Kala-haab’, 1966kii,

Cali Sugulle Dun-carbeed,

Qalinka: Boobe Yuusuf Ducaale – cankaabo@hotmail.com , www.dharaaro.com

Qormada: 1aad

Bilowga iyo Ballaysinka:

‘Tabaaragga’ iyo Tiirka ‘Bir’ ah…….Waa tusbax kale…….waa taxanaheennii oo tufkii iyo taxliishiiba wata…….Tummaati inagu soo maqan ayaynu ka sii tabaabushaysanaynaa si aanay inoo taf-wareemin…….Si aynaan tubta toosan uga lumin waa aynu is-tilmaamaynaa is-na toosinaynaa…..Maantana toddobku wuxu ka dul hoorayaa Xeer la taseeyay oo tubtii uu lahaa, kii u talin lahaa ee taakuleyn lahaa kala tallaabay.

Qudhu waa ‘qabax’ iyo quud aan qoryo loo guran…..Qabo waa in qummaati loo carbiyay iyo qaniinyadoodii…….Qolo waa higsad loo quluulay oo qiyamkii suubbanaa iyo qarannimadii lagu qasaalay…….Laba aan is-qaban…….Laba aan isu qalmin……Waa laba aan is-qaadanayn……Qof kasta oo isku qaldaa qufac aan hadhin iyo qunbacashuu ka qaadaa…….Xilliyada qaar waa dhadhaabtii dhamacda loo quudhay ee Dun-carbeed kala qaab dhigay kana qayliyay in aan la isku qaldin……Laba aan la isu quudhin oo aan isu qalmin: Waa Qaran iyo Qabiil……Qacdu waa qori…..Qabtu waa qufullada albaabbadii qadhabida lahaa…..Qamtu waa laambadihii kolka horeba qiiqayay oo la bakhtiiyay…….Qaaqdu waa qowsaarradii la qallaxay ee ay nabarradu qudhmeen…..Qaylada iyo hayaaydu waa quruumo ka qaylinaya qawlallada dhawaan la hoolinayo in la qodbo……Qiriricdu waa diric birtii qoobabka loo sudhay xubnihiisii kala qaartay……Qasuumadu waa barbaarta qulubka la luudaysa ee doonyaha qayrkood la qarraqmay ka qoommamoonaya……Qamuunyadu waa debnaha qarracanka foolasha goostay ee qiirada la qal-dhebaya.……Qiyaamuhu wuxu ka joogaa qalinka la doonayo in dawaaddii habaysay la kala qariyo.……Qayladu waa shacbi qowdhamay oo aan qarqarsi iyo qoor-qabad midnaba biyo ku qudh-qudhin……Waa dadkii qoriga iyo kaaraha qafilan qaaraha ku furtay……..Qun baa lagu dhaqaa ummad ee qallooc laguma dayo……..Qaniimadda Qarankuna qurbaan iyo qadhiidh u noqon meyso qof moodaya in ‘qusum’ wax lagu qaybsanayo.

Waa qormooyin kooban oo taxane ah oo aan dadweynaha Somaliland ku hoga-tusaaleynayo in aynaan maanta nooleyn xilliyadii Siyaad Barre ee dadka la xuuraami jiray ee la dabo-geli jiray. Waa qormooyin kooban oo taxane ah oo aan dawlad iyo dadweynaba ugu muujinayo in aynaan ku jirin xilliyadii guuxa iyo dareemmada laga tarjumi jiray, bal se aynu ku jirno xilliyadii la doobinayay ee la dhibi-shaxanayay. Maxaa la xuuraamaa haddii qallaylkaba la iskugu xiirayo oo aan waxbaba la kala qarsanayn. Maxaa ciidan, adduun iyo tamar kaleba laga luggoynayaa, kol haddii uu qofka wax maaggani ‘daahir yaa shamis’ kula hor imanayo wuxu tabanayo. Ma cid baa wax qarsata, sow ta TV-yada iyo war-baahinta kale laga doobinayo. Xuuraanku xaggee ayuu markaa ka imanayaa. Mise anigaan wax ogeyn e’ qaaddiradii qaxar ina soo maray ayaa weli ina wada haysa, markaas ayaynu jibbada la qal-dhebaynaa. Bal adba! 

Waa qormooyin kooban oo taxane ah oo aan ku qaadaa-dhigayo: halka uu ka yimid Xeerka Sir-doonka qaranku? Halkii lagu soo kariyay iyo intii xansaska iyo xaabada lagu huriyaba u doontay? Inta gacmood ee iska beddeshay diyaarintiisii? Asalkiisu halka uu ka yimid iyo afafkii laga soo minguuriyay qalin-daraalayntiisa? Inta lagala dhuuntay ee xaq u lahayd ogaanshihiisa, intii la dhuumatay, intii u dhuumatay iyo sida aan la iskaga xil-saarin oggolaanshihiisa ee la inoogu qariyay. 

Waa qormooyin kooban oo taxane ah oo aynu ku eegayno sida ay iskugu dhex daateen Golaheennii Wakiillada iyo Golaheennii Xukuumadda ee kormeerka iyo dabo-galka isku lahaa. Ma maqli jirteen: “Heedhe dhanna inooma fayooba.”

Xilow ba’! Haddii xaynka loo sudhay nimaan xilba dhibayn……Nimaan xilba solin…….Nimaan ku xasilin…..Nimaan ku xamdiyin. Nimaan xeer iyo xaagaanba wixii uu lahaa aan marin. Wixii laga xishoon jiray ayaa lagu xarragoonayaa. Oo weliba inta xariir loo xidho lagu xafladaynayaa. Niman aynu xulannay oo xoolaheennii ku doorannay ayaa xilkoodii baal-maray oo Xeerkan ina xidh-xidhaya inagu xeeriyay. Xil-dhibaanno ayaynu u naqaannaa. Lixdankii markii la is-raacay waxa loo yaqaannay ‘Dibitaatiyaasha’ iyo ‘Anuun baa nool.’ Magac iska baxay ma ahayn, bal se wuxu ahaa mid loo xiddigiyay. Lixadannadii waxay wadan jireen nimankaasi baabuur yar yar oo u badnayd Fiat, 1,100 (millecente D ama R) ah. Waxa baabuurtaa yar yar ugu oolli jiray lambar laga horreysiiyay AN. Labadan xaraf waxay u taagnaayeen ‘Assemblea Nazionale’ oo af Talyaani ahayd una dhigmaysay ‘National Assembly’ oo loo tarjumi karo ‘Golaha Shacabka’. Shacbigu markii ay arkeen dhaqankoodii dad-nacaybka ahaa iyo sidii aanay ummaddii soo dooratay dan uga lahayn, waxay shacbigii ku suntadeen: ‘Anuun baa Nool.’ Sidaas ayay dadku isku waafajiyeen lambarkii ay siteen iyo dhaqankoodii danayn la’aanta, dillaalnimada iyo dadnimo-ka-baxa ahaa. Sida raha loo arko xilli-roobaadka, ayaa iyagana loo arki jiray marka ay doorasho jirto oo keliya, sida immikaba mararka qaarkood dhacda. Markaana hadhuudh cas-casaa oo kii fardaha la siin jiray ahaa ayay dadka ula iman jireen.

Intaas kuma ay koobnayn e’, maansooyinkii iyo heesihii halkudhegyada noqday ayaa raacay. Sow tii Cabdillaahi Suldaan, Timacadde lahaa:

 (la soco qayta 2aad………………………………..)

Xoorka Saxaaraha iyo Xasuuqa Safaanaha

Mar keliya ayay asxaabtii ardaaga wada fadhiday aamuseen. Kaftankii iyo jareexadii ay talantaaliga isu waydaarsanayeen hakiyeen. Daymaddooda middeeyeen oo muuqaal aragooda ku dhegay wada jalleeceen

 Qalinkii Suxufiga Caanka ah ee Muuse F. Jaambiir. Oslo, Norway

Mar keliya ayay asxaabtii ardaaga wada fadhiday aamuseen. Kaftankii iyo jareexadii ay talantaaliga isu waydaarsanayeen hakiyeen.

Daymaddooda middeeyeen oo muuqaal aragooda ku dhegay wada jalleeceen. Iyagoon is ogayn oo mid kastaaba moodayay inuu keli ku yahay aragtida sawirka jawigii haasaawahooda bedelay, ayay isku mar ku dhawaaqeen, Ax..Ax.. waar bal eega arxan darada iyo axmaqnimadda intaa le'eg ee la samaynayo, caano iyo nabad waayi. Dareen iyaga wadnahooda iyo dulmanaha ay muuqaalkiisa daawanayeen isku xidhayay baa jiray. Mid dhaqday iyo mid aan dhaqanba lexejeclaa ka hadlisay, taasina waa ta keliftay inay ka xumaadaan oo weedhahaasi ka soo yeedhaan. Laakiin halkay ku sugan yihiin iyo meesha ficilkaa ay ka damqadeen uu ka dhacay, laba kala fog weeye. Bari iyo bogox (galbeed) ayaa la kala joogaa. Kumannaan kun oo mayl weeye masaafada u dhaxaysaa. Inay habaar iyo haaraan hawada u mariyaan mooyaane, ma samayn karaan wax kale oo intaa dhaafsiisan oo jawaab u noqota cidda ficilkaa dhibay samaynaysay.

Tiro ahaan 10-nin way gaadhayeen ragga ardaaga fadhiyay. Is aqoon kaftan wadaag leh oo markay is haleelaan maalmaha fasaxa afka isu furta oon isu hambayn weeye. Geel uma xeraysna oo ardaagu mid geel jire maaha. Waa ardaa magaalo, weliba waa mid qurba-joog. Baradu waa Oslo, beledkuna waa Norwey. Qofkii iyo camalkii ma kala hadhaan. sidaas oo kale mid soo tahriibay iyo mid kaleba, soomaalida qurbaha balwad iyo caado-ba dhaqamo badan baa la soo hayaamay oo midba meeshii la jooga.

Qabyaaladda iyo qaadkuna waa ma hadhayaal wehel fiican ka helay soomaalida oo meel ay joogaan kama maqna. Sidaa darteed, qurba joogu haasawaha waxay uga laan gooyaan, Hargeysa, Muqdisho, Jigjiga, Jabuuti, gaarisa marka roobku meelahaa ka hooro ayaa halkan(yurub iyo ameerika)dalaayadaha la furtaan. Markuu halkan ka tiixona dhibic caabisadda way xidhaan. inta ardaagan Oslo doonyaysata ee kaftanka ku wadaagtaana khayrkood bay wax la qabaan. Habeen iyo axwaashii, war iyo wacaal wixii soo yeedhay ayaa marba diiradda la saaraa. Qodobkani maaha mid isbedbedela mar mar iyo dhif mooyaane, hase ahaatee haasaawaha faan qaybsiga ahi ma kala kaxeeyo. Sida ciyaarta waallada ee geel-jiruhu gacmaha ka ciyaaro ama legdenka isbeejinta kurayda, mar xag laysu daayo iyo mar kaleba waa la arkaa dhexdooda. Sidaa aawadeed, habeenkani wuxuu ahaa mid la mid ah qaar badan oo hore. Shubaashu waa isla ceelkii. Maxaa u danbeeyay? Iyo waxaasaa dhacay iyo waxanaa dhacay, markii hal cabaar ah laysku tuurtuuray, ayaa dareenkii ardaagu mar keliya is bedelay. waxa bilowday barnaamij dareenkooda wadaajiyay humaag kale oo ka duwan kii u socday. Iskaa tusto hortooda taalay oo marka horeba shidnayd, laakiin aanay xiiso u qabin daawashaddeeda, ayaa mar qudha lagu wada jeestay oo wiilkooda(indhaha) iyo qalbigoodaba soo jeedisay. Wuxuu ahaa barnaamij muuqaal ah oo TV-ga Aljazeera,qaybta af ingiriisigu baahisay. Isla markaana ku saabsanaa Geella. Muuqaaladii u horeeyay ee furitaanka u ahaa filimka, ayaa midba dareen ka duwan ka kale ku salaamay ardaaga. Mid farxad ku bariidiyay iyo mid dhiilo-sidle oo cadho geliyayba, mid kastaaba fariin run ah buu tebinayay.

Muuqaalkii KoowaadBiligtii u horaysayba wuxuu ku furmay geel hor weyn ah oo bidhaan wacan oo meel saxaare ah tooraynaya. waa saxaaraha boqortooyada Qatar. niman carbeed oo dharkii dhaqankooda xidhan ayaa hareera socday. caraabe xeradiisii haybsanaya ayuu u muuqday. Daymadiisu mid meel kale laga keenay oon ahayn kii jasiiradda carabta lagu yaqaanay ayay u ekayd. Nin degellada geel daaqeenka soomaalida aad u yaqaana, dhogortiisana hilaadin karaa, wuxuu u qaadan lahaa mulki carro-edeg laga keenay. Dhulkuu marayay bur iyo geed midna ma lahayn, balse calaf iyo biyo-ba fadhiguu ku helaa oo kal tabasho korkiisa kamay muuqan. Wuxuu socdaba wuu soo hoyday, la godlay, la lisay oo weel caano ka buuxaan oo xoorku ka sareeyo candhadiisa laga saaray. Dabadeedna inta loo fadhiistay la dhamay. Muuqaalkaasi wuxuu i geliyay xusuus dheer. Ardaagaan fadhiyay kama kicin, hadana ruuxdaydu waxay u socdaashay degelo aad uga fogaa bartaan joogay oo aan marar badan mayrac iyo mirashaba geel ku raacay. Qawrax iyo Miyir baa hortayda yimi.waa laba halaad oo la ii lisi jiray, geella kale iiga tilmaanaa, dhiiqdooduna koriinkaygii hore qayb ku lahayd.hase yeeshee, xusuusi shalay ma soo celiso, safarkaasina ma sii dheeraan oo durba maanka soo dabaalay. Kelina kumaan ahayn ee mid layla magaabinayay ayuu u ekaa.

Sidii daymadaa il qabadka leh indhuhu ugu dheganaayeen, ayaa il bidhiqsi gudihii aragii ka soo booday shaashadii uu dheehashaddeeda ka go'i la'aa. Mid dacar iyo doogba ku kiciyay ardaaga ayaa bedelay muuqaalkii hore.
Muuqaalkii LabaadKamaradii na dul gaysay saxaaraha carbeed, waxay u duushay safaanaha Austarelia. Waxa bilawday qaybtii labaad ee filimka.farxadii hore waxa xigay murugo iyo muraara-dilaac. Saa waa boqolaal kadin oo Geel ah oo ka qurux badan kii hore, da' kasta leh, cidna aan xero ugu jirin.isla markaana, Hal, Awr, Qaalin layliya, Qaalin ugub ah, Nirgo, Baarqab iyo Koran, dhamaantood mid hays leh iyo mid toosanba dil lagu xukumay. rasaas nool lala dhacayo, yaacaya, shiishyahano cadaan ahina ay neef neef u tooganayaan.midba mar ciirayo markay ku dhacdo oo dhulka cuskanayo, maalmo kadibna dheecaankiisu carrada hoos gelayo.

Barnaamijkaa muuqaalka ahaa oo uu daadihinayay nin carbeed wuxuu muujinayay, in dawladda Austarelia ay la tacaalayso korodhka taranta Geella duurjooga ah ee dalkaa ku nool oo xiliga duubista la waday lagu qiyaasay hal milyan oo neef. Inkasta oo Adhi iyo Lo'ba lagu dhaqdo dalkaa, hadana, Geella xoolo ma moodaan oo ma dhaqdaan. Laga yaabaa soomaali badan in aanay taasi ku daadegin, balse waa jirto aan been ahayn.waxay u arkaan Geella mid dhibaato badan ku haya, mid deegaan iyo mid kaleba. taasina waa ta ay u sibir saareen go?aanka dilka ah oo ay ugu yeedhaan, hawlgalka yaraynta taranta Geella qalqaaliga ah. Waa naf la dhibay oo mararka qaarkood Geella duurjooga ah ee Austareelia wuxuu toore ku jiidhaa wixii uu ku beegmo, waxaanuu gaystaa khasaare. Malihii kama aha aargoosi, hadana, dareenkiisu ma moogana nacabkiisa oo kollay noole kasta kashiisu way taqaanaa bidhaanta cadawgeeda, midba meel uu dareenka didmada ku leeyahayba.

Waxa lagu tilmaamaa Geella xoolo amran oo kitaabka Alle ku soo arooray. Faa'iido iyo manaafacaad badan, mucjisooyin aanay xoolaha kale la wadaagina leh."xasbuna laah wanicmal wakiil" sidaa waxa ku celcelinayay weriyaha carbeed ee barnaamijkan soo saaray, oo u muuqday nin ka madluunsanaa ciqaabtaa xasuuqa ah.
Mar kale iyo Dooddii ArdaagaMuuqaalkii xumaa daawashadiisa laguma sii negaan, wax badan oo uu xambaarsanaana lagama wada bogan, misna dood arrintaa la xidhiidha ayaa la yara wadwaday. Mid baa yidhi, Geellani waa keenii oon biyo is marin, mid kalena wuxuu ku ladhay, Alla yaa inooga soo kaxeeya, mid kale ayaa jawaab degdeg ah ku soo celiyay oo yidhi, Dee waa lagu siinayaaye orod doono, midba dhinac buu iska taagay, laysu baaci, aragti kastana wax laga yidhi. Lama aamusine la sii wad sheekada, nin kale ayaa ku soo booday, kuye, Kuwani xuquuqdii mayeedhaanka meel bay kaga dhaceen, bal eega siday xoolahaa u gellayaan. Dhiniciisa waxa fadhiyay nin ay saaxiib yihiin oo ay akhyaarta kale isaga dhaw yihiin. waa nin af-gaaban oo aan hadalka tarmin, aragtida dadka kale aad u ixtiraama, markuu hadlana midhkiisa seegin. Umuu hollan inuu hadlo oo goorahaaba wuu aamusnaa, hase ahaatee aragtidii jaalkiisa ayaa jawaab ka keentay, wuxuu yidhi; Inagu xuquuqda dadkaba ma naqaanee, ma mid xoollaad baynu ka hadli karaa. Soomaali hadaynu nahay, horta aan xuquuqda dadka barrano, kadibna ta xoollaha aan ka hadalo.

Waxay socotaba aakhirkii waxa curatay su'aal kale oo nuxurkeedu ahaa, Geellan duurjooga ah ee Austarelia ka hadalkiisa inaga hakiyoo, kii soomaalida ee carro-edeg joogay muxuu ku aaddan yahay? waxay ahayd mid meesha le'eg oo muhiim ah. Waxay rogrogaanba waxay istuseen xaaladda dhabta iyo duruufaha daran ee ku gedaaman xoolaha nool oo weli ah lafdhabarta dhaqaalaha qaran iyo qoysba soomaalida. aafooyin dadku gacantooda ku curiyeen ayaa baad iyo biyo-ba tiray xoolihii, deegaanaday ku noollaayeena ka dhigay qaar lama degaan isu bedelay, haddaan wax laga qabana noqon doona saxaare buuxa. Aakhirkii faaqiddaadii mawduucan waxa khatimay mid ka mid ahaa xerta ardaaga oo sheekadan kooban ku bilaabay sidan;
Qaalinkii Jaadka Oday aanu isku qoys nahay oo Geel badan lahaan jiray, laakiin haatan toban tuldood wax aan ka badnayni ay ka sii qiiqayaan Geelliisii, ayaa maalin maalmaha ka mid ahayd, goor barqo ah intuu kolba geed isku toosiyay, dabada ka eryay qaalin Geellaba ku jiray oo lays lahaa, reerka haloo jara baro si uu gaadiid ugu noqdo. Odaygu dhuumashuu ku kaxaystay awrka. wuu iska qariyay gashaanti uu dhalay oo hallaha hillaadii la joogtay. Kamuu duwanayn tuug xoolo baadi ah oo aanuu lahayn xadaya. Wuxuu la weecweecdo oo uu dabadda ka dhengaddeeyaba wuxuu ku shakaalay dulleedka tuulo yar oo uu maalintii oo dhan fadhiyo.

Dabadeed, wuxuu u yeedhay nin jaadka tuullada ku iibiya, waxaanuu ku wareejiyay qaalinkii. Wuu ku dayn baxay. Dayntuna wax kale may ahayne waxay ahayd jaad. Muddo markuu macmiishaba balantaa ah, in neef loogu qiimeeyo oo uu keeno.

Neefaf badan baa horeba sidaa ugu baxay oo noqday, Qaalinkii jaadka, Sabeentii jaadka, Wankii!!!! reerkii wuxuu is gaadhsiiyay in Qaalinkii la waayay.

Baaddidoon baa jihooyin kala duwan loo galay, laakiin Odayga reerku wuu arkayaa, maqlayaa, waxaas oo dhan mana sheegi karo. Wuxuu qariyaba Afaddii qoyska, Hooyadii gurigu waxay heshay qaalinkii oo sidii tuullada duleedkeeda ugu xayiran.

Xadhiga ka fur goortay is tidhina, runtii baa farta laga saaray, sidii bay gurigeedii kaga soo dhaqaaqday iyadoo dudmo ah. Waxay ka fursan wayday in reerka arrinkooda la galo, hase ahaatee, wax bog leh oo baabaco leh oo loodiya waa la waayay. Gar bay ku taagnayd oo lalama yaabayn, mar iyo lababa way soo dhaaftay oo way u adkaysan wayday, wuxuu saygeedu samaynayo. taasina waxay keliftay inay odayga qaawiso si ay inta danbe u badbaadiso.?

Gunnaanad  Waa tabaale iyo taws ku baahday carra-edeg (dhulka Soomaalida). Saddexda meesi ee xoolaha nool ee ay Soomaalidu dhaqataa hore iyo hadaba,waxay u yihiin; dhaqan, dhaqaale iyo dhaadasho. Weli ma jiro wax soo saar kale oo laysku halayn karo oo bedelay xoolaha nool, hase yeeshee,haatan waxay u eg tahay inay dabar go'ayaan hadaan la curin siyaasad daba qabataysa. Isla markaana aan la abuurin hannaan dhaqasho oo ka degan kii hore ee guur-guurka ahaa.

Guntii iyo gebagebadii, haddii Geella duurjooga ah ee Austarelia xabad lagu dilo, ka xero-jooga ah ee Bariga Afrikana darxumo iyo dayac buu u dhintaa. Sidaa darteed, dhimasho isma dhaanto.

Muuse Jaambiir
Mjambiir6@hotmail.com
Oslo, Norway

Xus Balaadhan Oo Baroordiiq ah oo Urur Siyaasadeedka Xaqsoor U Qabtay Dhalinyaradii Ay Qudha Ka Jareen Ciidanka Booliksa Xukuumada Siilaanyo Banaanbaxyadii Hargeysa Ka Dhacay Ee Lagu Diidanaa Natiijadii Qaldanayd Ee Doorashada Golaha Deegaanka+Daawo Sawirada

Hargeisa - January 08, 2013: Xus balaadhan oo lagu qabtay xarunta urur siyaasadeedka Xaqsoor ee magaalada Hargeysa ayaa maanta loo sameeyey dhalinyaradii lagu laayey banaanbaxyadii ka dhacay magaalada Hargeysa ee lagaga soo hor jeeday natiijadii doorashadii golaha deegaanka ee dalka ka dhacday.

Sidoo kale Aamina Cabdilaahi waxay sheegtay inaan dadka reer Axmed Dhagax aanay matali Karin salaadiinta habeenkii madaxtooyada taga, iyada oo dhinaca kalan sheegtay inaan xukuumada haatan talada haysaa aanay ciyaaraha gobolada ku qaban Karin garoonka Hargeysa Stadium oo ku yaala degmada Axmed Dhagax ee magaalada Hargeysa.

Aamina Cabdilaahi waxa kale oo ay fariin u dirtay wasiirka cadaalada Somaliland Xuseen Axmed Caydiid iyo agaasimaha gaadiidka madaxtooyada oo ay ku eedaysay inay kala qobqobayaan beesha degta degmada Axmed Dhagax ee magaalada Hargeysa.

Sidoo kale waxa kulankan baroordiiqda ah ka hadashay marwo Xaliimo Tahar oo ka mida hooyooyinka degmada Axmed Dhagax waxaanay ugu horayn tacsi u dirtay ehelada hooyooyinkii laga laayey caruurta ?marka hore waxaanu tacsi u diraynaa hooyooyinka caruurtoodii lagu laayey mudaharaadkii salmiga ahaa ee ay dhigayeen caruurtu, waxaanu taageero hiil iyo hooba la garab taaganahay gudoomiyaha ururka Xaqsoor Muj:Xasan Ciise Jaamac? 
Marwo Xaliimo Tahar oo la hadlaysa madaxweynaha Somaliland ayaa waxay tidhi ?waligayo kama hadhayno inta aanu helayno xaqayaga iyo xaqa ururka Xaqsoor, waxaanan leeyahay madaxweynaha waligaaba ansixi sadex xisbi anaga waligayaba nagama hadhayo ururka Xaqsoor waanad boobtay madaxweyne oo caalamka ayaa og sida aad codadkii xaqsoor ka yeeshay, ururka Xaqsoor waa xisbig Jira waanu jiri doonaa.?

Aabaha Dhalay Ale Haw Naxariistee Marxuun Ridwaan Cabdi Oo Ka Mid Ahaa Dhalinyaradii Ay CiidamaduXabada La Eegteen Oo Ku Sugan Xarunta Loogu Baroordiiqayo Dhalintii Ay Xukuumadu Laysay

Sidoo kale marwo Xaliimo Tahar waxay xukuumada ku eedaysay inay ka soo hor jeedo gobolka Hawd iyada oo ku eedaysay in wasiirka maaliyadu uu hor istaagay in gobolkaas ay si rasmiya u soo maraan qaadka tagaya gobolada Somaliland, iyada oo dhinaca kalana sheegtay inay xukuumadu ciyaaraha gobolada ku qaban Karin garoonka Hargeysa Stadium.

Waxa kale oo kulankan barooqdiiqda ah ka hadashay Faadumo Aadan Axmed waxanay sheegtay in ujeedada kulankani ay tahay inay xus u qabtaan dhalinyaradii ay xukuumadu ku laysay degmada Axmed Dhagax ?goobtan maanta layskugu yimid maaha goob farxadeed ee waa goob geeriyeed, waxaanu baroor diiq u dhigaynaa caruurtayadii lagu laayey degmada Axmed Dhagax, caruurtaas oo si xaqdaro ah loo laayey taas oo Somaliland oo dhami aanay dhugasho u yeelan, waxaanu ogaanay in cadaawad badan naloo hayo taas oo aanu ku ogaanay dilkii ka dhacay degmada Axmed Dhagax waayo maanaan arag salaadiin,guurti iyo cid kale oo ka hadlaysa waxa ka dhacay degmadan Axmed Dhagax.?

Sidoo kale waxa xuskan baroordiiqda ah ka hadlay qaar ka mida haween weynaha degmada Axmed Dhagax kuwaas oo sheegay inay degmada Axmed Dhagax leedahay go,aan midaysan oo aanay marna xukuumada kala qob qobi Karin.

Victory in Case Against Somali Colonel Magan!

A federal court in Ohio found Colonel Magan liable for the torture, arbitrary detention and cruel treatment of CJA client and former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience,  

Professor Abukar Ahmed (pictured here).

Magan was the head of the notorious National Security Service where thousands were unlawfully detained and tortured.

(COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 20, 2012) –  


Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio found the former investigations chief of the Somali National Security Service (NSS), Colonel Abdi Aden Magan, liable for the torture and arbitrary detention of constitutional law professor and human rights advocate, Abukar Hassan Ahmed. 


The court’s decision in Ahmed v. Magan is historic in that it is the first judgment ever in a court of law to hold a member of the notorious and widely feared Somali NSS accountable for human rights violations committed under the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Somalia for 20 years, the Siad Barré regime.  


Today’s judgment holds that Colonel Magan is responsible for Professor Ahmed’s arbitrary detention, torture, and cruel treatment at the hands of NSS officers, who acted on Colonel Magan’s orders. In his ruling, Judge Smith found that that Professor Ahmed was detained, subjected to cruel treatment, and tortured by NSS officers under orders from Colonel Magan. Professor Ahmed bears lasting physical and psychological scars from his torture to this day. After the Siad Barre regime collapsed in 1991 Colonel Magan fled the country and sought safe haven in Ohio. This civil case was filed under two federal statutes, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Torture Victim Protection Act, by the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) and pro bono co-counsel Latham & Watkins, LLP on behalf of Professor Ahmed.  


For Professor Ahmed, a former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, the decision comes after years of seeking recognition and redress for the torture he endured while wrongly and arbitrarily detained and tortured for his insistence on promoting human rights. After the fall of the Siad Barré regime in 1991, Professor Ahmed spent about twenty years searching for Colonel Magan and was shocked to discover that the man who had interrogated him and ordered his torture was living comfortably in Columbus, Ohio.  


In the words of CJA client Professor Ahmed, “The court’s decision today is of great consequence not only for me but also for the many other Somalis who were tortured or even killed by NSS officers. In order for Somalia to heal after 20 years of military rule, it is essential to confront and hold accountable individuals like Colonel Magan.” Professor Ahmed is a legal adviser to the New Somali Government, participating in drafting the Somali Human Rights Bill and working to ensure that the new government’s laws comply 
with human rights.


“Today’s judgment sends a clear message that torturers will not find safe haven in the United States,” said CJA Staff Attorney Kathy Roberts, adding, “The decision not only acknowledges Colonel Magan’s crimes against Professor Ahmed, but it also sheds light on the role of the security services in suppressing dissent against the Barré regime. This marks a crucial step in the march against impunity for those who committed serious human rights abuses during that dark chapter of Somalia’s history.”  


Christina Hioureas, an attorney from Latham & Watkins added: “We are proud to partner with CJA on this important case. We are honored to represent Professor Ahmed, a bold individual, who had the courage to stand up to the man responsible for his arbitrary detention and brutal torture. We are thrilled with the Court’s decision to hold Mr. Magan accountable for the atrocities he committed in violation of international law. We could not be more pleased with such an excellent result for our client.”  

CJA is a San Francisco-based human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world and advancing the rights of survivors to seek truth, justice and redress. CJA uses litigation to hold perpetrators individually accountable for human rights abuses, develop human rights law, and advance the rule of law in countries in transition from periods of abuse.  

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm with approximately 2,000 attorneys in 31 offices, including Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New Jersey, New York, Orange 
County, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. Since 2001, Latham has provided almost 2 million hours of free legal services.  

Indian woman jumps from train to escape rape

RT-A young woman is in hospital in critical condition after throwing herself off a moving train in an attempt to escape molestation. It’s the latest in a number of incidents that have exposed the vulnerability of women in India.

The 25-year-old woman jumped from the carriage of a moving train after allegedly being molested by a soldier. The attack occurred on Thursday while the train was en route from Darjeeling to Delhi. The man groped her after she had visited the lavatory. After pushing him back, the woman jumped from the Brahmaputra Mail line train. The mother of two is being treated in hospital in the city of Patna.


“Her condition continues to be critical. A team of doctors is treating her. She has suffered injuries to her head and legs,” a police official told the IANS news agency.


A member of the Assam Rifles paramilitary force has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident. 


It comes just weeks after a 23-year-old medical student was gang-raped on a bus in Dehli, while her male companion was severely beaten. She later died from her injuries in hospital.


The male companion has revealed more details of the tragic event. He recounted that in the immediate aftermath of the rape, no one responded to their cries for help. 


Police and passersby left the mortally injured female student lying naked and bleeding for almost an hour.


“We kept shouting at the police, 'please give us some clothes' but they were busy deciding which police station our case should be registered at,” the Zee News network reported on Friday.


The allegations were denied by Joint Commissioner of Police (South West range) Vivek Gogia. Citing electronic logs and data from GPS tracking devices, Gogia said that police had received a report about two people lying on the road in a pool of blood at 10:21p.m.


Less than ten minutes later, two patrol vehicles arrived at the scene, with one leaving to carry the pair to a hospital at 10:39pm, the commissioner said. It took the van 16 minutes to reach the hospital.


The police official also said that no argument over jurisdiction occurred between the officers at the scene.


The rape case has resonated with the population as hundreds of thousands took to the streets to voice their anger over the attack and the lack of police response. The crowd demanded punishment for those responsible, as well as new laws to protect Indian women. 


The rapists have been arrested. Five of the men detained have been indicted with gang rape and murder, and are likely to face execution. They will face a specially-established fast-track court on Monday. A sixth male is under 18 and will be judged in a juvenile court, despite the victim's family’s plea for an adult trial, as he is believed to been the most brutal of the attackers. The victim's father has also demanded new legislation on sex crimes to be named in honor of his daughter.

Indian students of various organisations hold placards as they shout slogans during a demonstration in Hyderabad on January 3, 2013 (AFP Photo / Noah Seelam)


In an effort to provide more protection on transport routes and deter gangs operating on trains, India's inspector general said the railway police have stepped up patrols. In 2012, police apprehended nearly 15 gangs and recovered 15 weapons from trains. 

The problem of sexual violence against women appears to touch all levels of Indian society, as on Thursday the ruling Congress party in Assam state suspended a politician accused of rape. Police claim that Congress leader Bikram Singh Brahma was visiting the village of Santipur when he entered a local house and raped a woman at 2am. The villagers later attacked the politician and captured the footage on tape.

New Delhi has an infamous reputation as India’s rape capital, seemingly confirmed by a report in the Hindustan Times that documents more than 20 rape cases in the city since December 16th, the day of the rape and brutal murder of the 23-year-old medical student.

Indian students of various organisations hold placards as they shout slogans during a demonstration in Hyderabad on January 3, 2013 (AFP Photo / Noah Seelam)

Somali prisoner commits suicide in Lecce penitentiary

Gazzetta del Sud english - Italy's jails continue to suffer overcrowding.

Lecce, January 7 - Italian Penitentiary Police Union (OSAPP) said on Monday that a 38-year-old Somali man committed suicide Sunday afternoon in the Borgo San Nicola penitentiary near the southern city of Lecce by hanging himself in the prison's infirmary cell.

Mohamed Abdi, who was serving time for theft, had been in the Lecce prison for approximately one year. OSAPP representative Domenico Mastrulli said that the prison, located in the region of Puglia, is "beset by several problems, first and foremost overcrowding". 

Roughly 60 prisoners in Italy commit suicide each year, approximately 20 times average for the general population, according to a study released in December.

The Permanent Observatory on Prison Deaths also found that 10 penitentiary police take their lives annually - a rate that exceeds the norm by a factor of three and ranks highest among the various branches of Italy's security forces. Contrary to most suicides, which are usually tied to personal events, a comparative study found that at least two-thirds of Italian prison suicide cases are due to "environmental factors".

The environmental factors in question do not refer to the prison environment per se but to "illegal" detention conditions, the study reported. The prison population has almost doubled in 40 years whereas prison capacity has only increased by 10,000 places. 

Marco Pannella, the historic leader of Italy's Radical Party, recently held a nine-day thirst-and-hunger strike to call for an amnesty to stop chronic overcrowding in Italy's jails, and for prisoners to be given the right to vote.

Alleged militants detained in Djibouti charged by U.S. court

Mark Hosenball | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sign of evolving U.S. legal tactics in counter-terrorism operations, two Swedish citizens and a former British citizen detained in Africa in August have been charged in a U.S. court with supporting Somali-based Islamist militants.

The charges were filed in Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, even though court papers and a press release from the U.S. Attorney's office make no specific allegation that the three - all of whom are of Somali extraction - posed threats to Americans or U.S.-related targets.

The three suspects - two Swedish citizens and a former London resident whose British citizenship recently was revoked - were charged with supporting the militant group al-Shabaab, illegal use of high-powered firearms, and participating in what prosecutors called "an elite al-Shabaab suicide-bomber program."

Ephraim Savitt, a former federal prosecutor who represents one of the Swedish defendants, said he was unaware of any secret evidence that the men threatened U.S. interests, and he saw "no prosecutorial hook whatever to the United States."

Savitt said he was unaware of any previous case in which U.S. authorities had taken custody of foreign militants who had no obvious connection, and posed no known threat, to U.S. interests.

However, a U.S. law enforcement source said there had been cases in the past where suspected foreign militants arrested overseas who had not directly threatened the United States had been brought before U.S. courts on terrorism-related charges.

The latest suspects - Swedes Ali Yasin Ahmed and Mohamed Yusuf, and former British resident Madhi Hashi - were detained by local authorities in Africa in early August while on their way to Yemen, the statement from prosecutors said.

The suspects were subsequently indicted in October by a Brooklyn-based federal grand jury, and in mid-November the FBI "took custody" of them and brought them to Brooklyn, where a revised indictment was filed against them, prosecutors said.

No information about the case was made public until just before Christmas, however.

U.S. officials said they were unable to provide further details about where the suspects were originally arrested, who arrested them, what was the legal basis for their initial arrest, and what happened to them between early August and their first known public court appearance in late December.

ARRESTED IN DJIBOUTI

However, Savitt, who represents Yusuf, said the men were arrested in Djibouti on their way to Yemen.

He said that at one point the men had been "fighters" with al-Shabaab, a group the United States has linked to al Qaeda. But at the time of their arrest, Savitt said, the men were trying to get away from the group after an apparent falling out.

Savitt said he did not know why they were heading to Yemen.

Saghir Hussain, a British lawyer who represents the family of Hashi, told the BBC this month the case had the "hallmarks of rendition," a reference to a secret procedure adopted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during the administration of former President George W. Bush.

Such renditions involved teams of agency operatives taking custody of suspected militants overseas and handing them over, without legal process, to third countries, where they were sometimes mistreated.

Neither Hussain nor Harry Batchelder, Hashi's American lawyer, responded to messages requesting comment. Susan Kellman, a U.S. lawyer for Ahmed, also could not be reached.

Savitt said Hashi and the other suspects were detained and held in Djibouti by local authorities, who sometimes treated them roughly, but U.S. officials who at one point were allowed to interrogate them were "civil."

U.S. government sources familiar with the case said it could not be considered a "rendition," as in such cases suspects were not brought into the U.S. criminal justice system.

President Barack Obama's administration has declared it has stopped counter-terrorism practices such as "enhanced interrogations" and the use of secret CIA prisons, but it has not completely renounced the use of "rendition."

Hashi's family told the BBC that earlier last summer they received a letter from Britain's internal security department, the Home Office, declaring that his British citizenship had been revoked as he was deemed a threat to the U.K. security.

Under British law, Hashi had a right to appeal the revocation of his citizenship to an immigration court. A spokesperson for the British Embassy in Washington said that, for legal reasons, the government could not comment on whether or not such an appeal had been filed.

(Reporting By Mark Hosenball; Editing by David Brunnstrom)

(This story was corrected to show that the suspects detained in August and clarifies that men of Somali extraction in the first paragraph)

In Djibouti, journalist defiant despite revolving jail door

By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Consultant

Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh addresses the media after his re-election in April 2011. (AP)

Online journalist Houssein Ahmed Farah spent more than three months in jail in Djibouti before an appeals court finally released him in November--after his defense requested bail three times, Houssein said. His crime? Officially nothing. "It appears to have been an arbitrary arrest because there is still no evidence on file," Houssein told me. He said he was accused of distributing identity cards for the opposition, but he has not been charged with a crime.

The reporter for exile-run critical news website La Voix de Djibouti slept on a mattress provided by his family in a 24-square-meter cell with 75 inmates and two toilets that functioned intermittently. The capacity of the central Gabode prison in the capital, Djibouti City, is 500, but 735 are currently inside, Houssein said. A diabetic, he had to rely on visits from doctors once every 15 days and a long bureaucratic circuit to receive medication. "In fact, everything must go through the prison warden, an ex-policeman loyal to the regime, so I was not medically monitored or allowed physical exercise to lower my blood sugar," he said.

Houssein and his colleagues at La Voix de Djibouti are accustomed to harassment by authorities. "Since my release I go every Thursday to register with the court," he said, "Judge Lamisse Mohamed told me I am still facing two proceedings, one of which dates back to February 2011, when they accused me of participating in an insurrectional movement."

In February 2011, Houssein was arrested along with five colleagues and spent four months in preventive detention at Gabode for participating in a protest rally, local journalists told me. That rare series of protests was organized by civil society and opposition parties in response to an amendment to the constitution that allowed President Ismael Omar Guelleh to run for a third term, according to news reports. (Guelleh was re-elected in April 2011). In February this year, police beat La Voix de Djibouti reporter Abadid Hildid in the capital and detained him for about 24 hours, warning him to stop his reporting, local journalists said.

It is no wonder Le Voix de Djibouti is routinely blocked within the country and its staff face problems; Djibouti has been run like a family fiefdom since independence in 1977, with zero tolerance towards dissent. The website is run by Houssein's brother, Daher Ahmed Farah, the leader of one of the main opposition parties, the Movement for Democratic Renewal (MRD). In 2008, Guelleh banned the party, accusing it of supporting neighboring Eritrea in a plot to invade the country, according to the United Nations. The party is appealing the ban at the Supreme Court, local journalists said, and the European Parliament in a 2009 resolution urged the government to let the party resume its activities.

As in many autocracies, rare independent media such as La Voix de Djibouti tend to be highly critical of the regime, acting as a slight counter-balance to the state's media. The national broadcaster, Radio Television of Djibouti, holds a near monopoly of the airwaves and operates as the ruling party's mouthpiece, unquestioningly reporting on the president's visits and appointments. Only 7 percent of Djiboutians use the Internet, according to the International Telecommunication Union, and the single state-controlled Internet service provider ensures state censorship of the Web, local journalists told me. Despite constitutional guarantees protecting free expression, criminal laws on publication of "false news" and defamation are used to stifle criticism. There are hardly any independent civil society organisations, local journalists told me, and with nearly all employment controlled by the state, criticism of the ruling party could jeopardise any potential employment opportunities.

And yet, you will hardly hear a whimper of protest from the international community. The United States consulate did visit Houssein in prison, local journalists told me, but did not make the visit public. Although Djibouti is tiny, the coastal country is hugely significant for the Western world and elsewhere. Djibouti's Camp Lemonnier, the operating base of U.S. Africa Command, holds 2,000 U.S. troops in addition to occasional naval forces, according to news reports. The country's harbor has become a central base for American, European, and NATO anti-piracy activities--its strategic location in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden helps protect some of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

Houssein has a long history of writing critical stories for La Voix de Djibouti, such as on the ongoing detention of political prisoners, chronic water shortages, and corruption in the government's management of traffic lights. Despite the repeated arrests, Houssein vows to continue. "My arrest recalls that freedom of the press is trampled in Djibouti," he said. "I will continue to write, although it is not without risks, because power always uses repression to silence dissent."