QAYBTII KOWAAD WARBIXIN SANADEEDKII 2O12 XAALADA XUQUUQDA AADAMIGA SOMALILAND

 

WARBIXIN SANNADEEDKA 2012

XAALADA XUQUUQDA AADAMAHA SOMALILAND

Waxa soo Saaray:

Gudida Ilaalada Xuquuqda Aadamiga Geeska Afrika (Horn Watch)

31^st December 2012

Hargeisa, Somaliland

TUSAMADA WARBIXINTA

_____________________________________________________BOGGA

HORDHAC........................................................................................ 1

-        Qaabka Xogaha Warbixinta loo Ururiyay......................................... 2

CUTUBKA 1^AAD.................................................................................. 3

XADHIGA SHARCI DARADA AH & JID-DILKA HAY’ADAHA SHARCI FULINTA SOMALILAND U GAYSTAAN MUWAADINIINTA IYO AJAANIBKA KU SUGAN SOMALILAND................................................................................... 6

CUTUBKA 2^AAD –Dilka sharci darada ah ee Hay’adaha Sharcifulinta Somaliland u gaystaan rayidka............................................................................ 11

CUTUBKA 3^AAD – Gaboodfalada Xuquuqda Xuquuqda Qaxootiga iyo Magangalyodoonka......................................................................... 12

CUTUBKA 4^AAD –XADGUDUBYADA XORIYADA RA’YI DHIIBASHADA & WARBAAHINTA .............................................................................. 13

-        Shacbiga Somaliland Ma haystaan qaab ay cabashadooda ugu gudbiyaan Madaxdii dalka ee ay doorteen

CUTUBKA 5^AAD MUSUQMAASUQA XUKUUMADA SOMALILAND............. 16

-        Falalka Musuqmaasuq ee Xukuumada Siilaanyo oo maraya heer laga werwero     16

-        Fadeexadaha Maamulxumo iyo Musuq ee ka dhacay Wasaarada Warfaafinta Somaliland oo daboolka ka rogay Xubno ka mid ah Qoyska Madawxwayne Siilaanyo oo ku lug leh musuq baaxad wayn............................................... 18

-        Fashilaada Doorashadii Golayaasha Deegaanka Somaliland waxa kow ka ah Musuqmaasuqa ...................................................................... 22

CUTUBKA 6^AAD TACADIYADA AY LA NOOL YIHIIN BEELAHA LA TAKOORO SOMALILAND WAA KUWO ARGAGAX LEH OO AANU AADAMIGU KU NOOLAAN KARIN

-        Guurka oo ah munaasibad farxadeed oo qoysasku is maamuus ka helaan Marmar Gabooyaha Somaliland wuxuu ku noqdaa masiibo burburisa nabadgalyadoo, noloshooda dhaqan dhaqaale iyo wax kastoo kale oo ay deegaankooda ku haysteen-Casharada laga baran karo Boorama

CUTUBKA 7^AAD DARAASAD HORDHACA AH:  Xadgudubyo Xaasaasi ah oo aan Cidina ka hadli karin iyo Doorka ay Xukuumadu ku leedahay

HORDHAC

Jamhuuriyada Somaliland waxa ay culayska saartay sidii xuquuqda aadamigu bud-dhig ugu noqon lahayd dibudhiska dalka. Waxana taasi daliil u ah Dastuurka dalka, cutubkiisa 2aad waxa uu si cad u jidaynayaa ilaalinta iyo hirgalinta xuquuqda iyo xoriyadaha aasaasiga ah ee muwaadiniinta, kuwaasi oo waafaqsan qaanuunka xuquuqda aadamiga ee heer caalami iyo mid qaaradeed labadaba. Inkastoo ku dhawaad 20 sano qaab-dhismeedkii iyo hay’adahii heer qaran ee  masuulka ka ahaa ilaalinta iyo horumarinta xuquuqda aadamigu ay wali dib u dhacsan yihiin oo ay ragaadiyeen maamul xumo, musuqmaasuq iyo khibrad yaraan, kuwaasi oo aan lahayn awoodii iyo xirfadihii lagu joojin lahaa xadgudbuyada xuquuqda aadamiga amase lagaga hortagi lahaa dhicitaankoodaba.

Dib u curashadii Jamhuuriyada Somaliland bilowgii sagaashanaadka Somaliland waxay ku guulaysatay abuuritaanka haykal dawladeed oo cusub, waxay soo dabaashay nidaamkii iyo kala dambayntii waxay dhistay hay’adihii dawladaha hoose iyo tan dhexe, waxa dalka dib uga bilowday nidaamkii cashuuraha, waxa dib loo furay dugsiyaddii waxbarashada oo ay gacanta ku hayso wasaarada waxbarashadu dedaalkaasi oo dhan muu suurto galeen in la gaadho hadii aanay Somaliland adeegsan nidaamka hidaha iyo dhaqanka ee furdaaminta shaqaaqooyinka. Hogaamiye dhaqameedka ama guurtida dalka ayaa fure u noqday ku soo dabaalida dalka Somaliland degenaashiiye siyaasadeed.

Tan iyo 2001 dalka waxa ka dhacay doorashooyin kala duwan: aftidii Dastuurka Somaliand ee 2001, doorashadii Golayaasha Deegaanka 2002, 2 doorasho Madaxtooyo oo kala qabsoomay 2003 iyo 2010 iyo Doorashadii Aqalka Hoose Baarlamaanka Somaliland 2005. Doorashadii labaad ee Golayaasha Deegaanka ayaa Somaliland ka qabsoontay 28 Nov. 2012 iyadoo ilaa hada aan si rasmi ah loo shaacin natiijooyinkii rasmiga ahaa ee doorashada. Marka laga reebo doorashadan u dambaysay dhamaan doorashooyinka Somaliland ka dhacay tan iyo sanadkii 2001 waxay ku dhamaadeen si nabadgalyo ah, iyadoo dhinacayadii ku loolamayayna ay wada aqbaleen natiijooyinkii ka soo baxay balse, doorashadan ugu dambaysay ayaa ka duwan kuwaasi hore, iyadoo difaacayaasha xuquuqda aadamiga Somaliland bilowgii ololaha doorashada golayaasha deegaanku bilaabantay muujiyay walaaca ay ka qabaan in Somaliland ay ka dhici karto sidii hore looga bartay doorasho xor ah oo xalaal ahi iyagoo hoosta ka xariiqay in aanay dalka xukuumada Madaxwayne Siilaanyo u diyaarin saaxad ay ka dhici karto doorasho xor ah oo xalaal ah marka loo dhaboglao xadgudubyada Xukuumada Somaliland caadaysatay oo ay ka mid yihiin:

1-   Xadhiga Sharci-darada ah iyo Jid-dil ay hay’adaha amaanka qaranku  u gaystaan shacbiga iyo ajaanibka ku sugan dalka;

2-   Xabsiyada dalka oo maxaabista ku xidhani ay duruuf argagax leh ku nool yihiin;

3-   Heerka gaboodfalada warbaahinta madaxabanaan ay xukuumada Madaxwayne Siilaanyo ku haysa oo maraya heerkii ugu sareeayay abid

4-   Musuqmaasuq baaxad weyn oo ay si toos ah ugu lug leeyihiin xubno ka tirsan qoyska Madaxwaynuhu iyo madaxda sarsare ee xukuumadda oo ku baahay hay’adaha qaranka

5-   Tacadiyada tirtiray gabi ahaan xuquuqihii Beelaha la Takooro ee Somaliland heerka ay marayaan

CUTUBKA 1^AAD

TILMAAMAHA GUUD EE SOMALILAND

I.             Tilmaanta Guud

Dalka Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland wuxuu fidsan yahay bed dhan 137,600km² (68,000 sq. miles oo dhaca ama ku yaalla dhigaha (Latitude) 50 ilaa 110 30' Waqooyiga Dhulbadhaha iyo loolka (Longtitude) 420 45' ilaa 490 Bariga. Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland waxay xad la wadaagtaa dhinaca Waqooyi Gacanka Cadmeed; dhinaca Bari Soomaaliya; dhinaca Koonfureed iyo dhinaca Galbeed Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka ah ee ltoobiya; dhinaca Waqooyi Galbeed Jamhuuriyadda Jabuuti. Tirada guud ee dadka dalka Somaliland inkastoo aanu jirin tiro koob rasmi ahi hadana wasaarada Qorshaynta Qaranka Somaliland buug la yidhaa Country Profile - Republic of Somaliland oo ay soo saartay 2002, tirada dadka Somaliland waxay ku sheegtay 3.5 million1). Dhinaca kale waxa lagu qiyaasay tirada dadka Somaliland laba ilaa seddex milyan oo ruux, gaar ahaan waxa runta ugu dhow qiyaasta ah in ay tahay labo milyan oo ruux tirada dadka Somaliland2).

Dadka Somaliland waa dad isku af iyo isir ah, 100% waa islaam Mahdabta Shaaficiya dariiqada Qaadiriya ku dhaqma marka laga reebo tiro aad u yar oo ku dhaqanta dariiqada Saalixiya oo iyaduna ka mid ah Mahdabta Shaaficiya. Luqada rasimiga ah ee dalku waa afsoomaali, Carabi iyo Ingiriisi, dugsiyada hoose dhexena waxa waxbarashada lagu bixiyaa luqada afka soomaliga, halka waxbarashada sare lagu gudbiyo luqada ingiriisiga.

Caasimada dalka Somaliland waa Hargeisa, magaalada ugu balaadhan uguna tirada dadka badan guud ahaan dalka Somaliland. Sidoo kale waa xarunta ganacsiga Somaliland, dhamaan xafiisyada maamulka dawladu waxay ku yaalaan caasimada dalka ee Hargeisa. Magaalada Berbera ee dekeda ah ayaa iyaduna ah halbawlaha ganacsiga Somaliland dhoofin iyo soo dajinta labadaba marin u ah, magaalo madaxyada gobolada dalka Somaliland oo kala ah Burao, Boorama, Ceerigabo iyo Laas-caanood ayaa ah tirada dadka ku nooli ay badan tahay waxana ka socda dhaqdhaqaaqyo ganacsi oo aan yarayn.

Baanka adduunku wuxuu celceliska cimriga-nolosha raga ku sheegaa 50 sanadood, dumarkana 55 sanadood3).

CUTUBKA 2^AAD – XADHIGA SHARCI DARADA AH & JID-DILKA........... 6

Dastuurka Somaliland muxuu ka qabaa Xidhiga Sharcidarada ah iyo Jidh-dilka?

Qodobka 24 ee Dastuurka Somaliland, oo la xidhiidha “Xaqa Nolosha, Nabadgalyada qofka, Danuubta lidka ku ah Xuquuqda Aadamiga” ayaa u dhigaya sida tan:

1.   Nafta aadamuhu waa deeq llaahay, waana qaali; qof kastaana wuxuu xaq leeyahay noloshiisa, wuxuuna ku waayi karaa oo keliya marka maxkamad horteed uu ku caddaado dembi uu xeerku jideeyey in dil lagu mutaysan karo.

2.   Qofku wuxuu xaq u leeyahay in la nabad galiyo jidhkiisa; ciqaabta jidhka iyo wax yeelo kasta oo loo geysto way reebban tahay.

3.   Qof kasta wuxuu xaq u leeyahay in Ia xurmeeyo sharaftiisa, sumcadiisa iyo noloshiisa gaar ahaaneed.

4.   Dambiyada laga gab xuquuqda qofka sida xasuuqa, di maxkamad la'aan ah, jidh dilka iyo wixii la mid ah malaha muddo dhaaf

Dastuurka Somaliland ayaa ayidaya ku dhaqanka Axdiyada Caalamiga ah ee xuquuqda aadamiga sida ku cad Qod. 10 farqadiisa

1.            Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland waxay dhawraysaa heshiisyadii ay Dawladdii hore 1o odhan jiray Soomaaliya la gashay shirkad ama dawlad shisheeye, haddii aanu ka hor imanayn danta iyo maslaxadda Jamhuuriyada Soomaaliand. Iyo

2.            Jamhuuriyadda Soomaliland waxay aqoonsan tahay, kuna dhaqmaysaa Axdiyada Qaramada Midoobay iyo Qaanuunka Dawliga ah; waxa kale oo ay xurmaynaysaa Baaqa Caalamiga ah ee Xuquuqda Aadamiga {Universal Declaration of Human rights}.

Xadgudubyada la Diiwaan Galiyay:

June 29th, 2012  Haybe Faarax Nuur oo Gabayo uu ku dhaliilayo Madaxweyne Siilaanyo tiriyay ayaa hay’adaha sharcifulinta Somaliland xabsiga u taxaabeen waxanu iyadoo aan maxkamad la horkeenin uu la haye ahaan ugu xabisnaa jeelalka dalka in ka badan seddex bilood. Abwaankan ayaa isagoo cabiraya ra’yigiisa wuxuu tiriyay tiraba Afar Gabay oo uu ku Dhaliilayo Madaxwayne Siilaanyo.

Ku tagrifalka awooda dawlada ee madaxda gobolada iyo degmooyinka dalka ayaa sanadka 2012 kor u kacday iyadoo nasiibdaro madaxdani awoodaasi u adeegsanaya dano gaar ah tusaale ahaan 3 ilaa 5 July 2012 xoghaya dawladda hoose ee degmada Boorama ayaa xabsiga u taxaabay qaar ka mid ah iskaashatada bulshada ee karaaniyiinta  magalaada Boorame, kaariyiintan la xidhxidhay wax aka mid ah Gudoomiye xigeenka iskaashatada kaariyiinta Boorame Cali Daahir Cali. Difaacayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga Horn Watch ayaa helay cadaymo daaha ka rogaya in Xoghayaha D/hoose ee Degmada Boorama uu karaaniyiinta ku xidhxidhay kadib markii ay ku dari waayeen Iskaashatada Karaaniyiinta Boorame nin ay isaga walaalo yihiin.

12 July 2012 ciidamada Booliska Somaliland eek a hawlgala magaalo madaxda gobolka Sool ayaa xabsiga u taxaabay in ka badan 20 ka mid ah ardayda dhigata dugsiyada sare ee magaalada Buuhoodle oo Laascaano u tagay ka qaybgal tartan aqooneed ay qabanaysay Jaamacada Nugaal oo ku taala Laascaanood. .

25 July 2012  Maayarka Caynaba khaliif Saleebaan ayaa magaalada Caynaba ku xidhxidhay dad ka mid ah shacbiga ku nool magaalada Caynabo oo ka mudaharaaday dhul dan guud ah oo ay Maayarka iyo madax kale oo ka tirsan masuuliyiinta sarsare ee gobolka Saraar ay si shaqsi ah ugu tagrifalayaan

22 October 2012 Booliska magaalada Gabiley ayaa xabsiga u taxaabay nin dhalinyaro ah oo abwaan ah Maxamed Mawliid Caabud (Maxamed Dhako) difaacayaasha xuquuqda aadamiga Somaliland aya helay xog iftiiminaysa in amarka xadhigiisa ay bixiyeen Afhayeenka Madaxtooyada iyo Guddoomiyaha Dawan isku Haystaan kuwaasi oo uu ka dabo joogay balanqaad lacageed oo laga siiyo heestii lagu furay munaasibadii loogu wanqalayay Idaacada Cusub ee Radio Hargeia

12 Sept 2012 Labo Weriye oo la kala yidhaa Haashim Good iyo Mursal Cilmi Cumar oo ka kala hawl-galayey TV-yada Somalisat iyo Bulsho TV ayaa ciidanka  booliska magaalada Boorame xabsiga u taxaabeen Saldhigga dhexe ee Booliska magaalada Boorama ee xarunta gobolka Awdal ee Somaliland. Kormeerayaasha Xuquuqda Aadamiga HornWatch ayaa ogaaday in sababta kali ah ee lagu xidhay labadan wariya ay la xidhiidho warar iyo ra’yiga dadwaynaha ku dhaqan Boorama ay ka qabaan doorashada Madaxwaynaha ee ka dhacday magaalada Xamar ay ka direen magaalada Boorama oo aanay raali ka ahayn xukuumada madaxwayne Siilaanyo. Waxayna talaabadan xadgudub ku tahay mabaadii’ada xuquuqda aadamiga iyo xoriyadaha aasaasiga ee uu jideeyay dastuurka qaranka Somaliand.

20 October 2012 Ciidamada Qaranka ee fadhigoodu yahay Bariisle oo duleedka Lawyocado ku taal ayaa 18 ruux oo rayid ah kuwaasi oo isugu jiray 15 reer Somaliland ah, 2 reer Somalia ah iyo hal Itoobiyaan ah ka soo qabqabteen magaalada xuduuda ku taala ee Lawyo-cado, iyadoo markii ay qabqabanayeen ciidanku ragaasi si fool xun u garaacay, habeenkii koowaad waxa lagu xidhay Lawyo-cado, habeenkii labaadna waxa loo qaaday oo lagu xidhay tuulada Geerisa, iyadoo aroornimadiina lagu soo qaaday baabuur Ciidanka Qaranka Somaliland leeyihiin iyagoo dhamaan ragaasi xadhko loogu xidhxidhay dhigahii baabuurka ayaa si toos ah waxa loo keenay oo lagu xabisay xerada ciidamada qaranka ee Birjeex oo ku taal Hargeisa. Qaar ka mid ah dadkan rayidka ah waxa ay ka mid ah

1.     Jamaal Cabdi Habane

2.     Ahmed Cabdi Habane

3.     Maxamed Carab Maxamuud

4.     Cabdi Farax Samade

5.     Ahmed Abdilaahi

6.     Liibaan Sahal

7.     Cabdixakiim xuseen Liibaan

8.     Cilmixakiim Xaashi Hufane

9.     Maxamed Barkhad Aanayte

10. Muuse Xasan Warsame

11. Faarax Maxamed Xasan

12. Najax jaamac Roble

22 Sept. 2012 -Ciidamada Booliska ee Boorma ayaa soo xidhxidhay dad ay tiradoodu dhan tahay 9 qof oo shicib ah kadib markii ay ku eedeeyeen inay ka dambeeyeen rabshado qasaare gaystay oo degaankaasi ka dhacay, dadkaasi ayaa ka gadoodsana adeegxumo iyo musuqmaasuq bariinsaday MCH magaaladaasi. 

13 August 2012 Ciidamada Booliska magaalada Xariirad ayaa xabsiga u taxaabay dad shacab ah oo ka mid ah reer guuraa ku tabaaloobay abaaraha deegaankaasi naafeeyay dadkaasi oo ka gadooday raashin mucaawimo ahaa oo la sii dhexmariyay kaasi oo loo waday tuulada caqbdiqaadir.

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1) Country Profile - Republic of Somaliland Published by The Ministry of National Planning in 2002

2) Somaliland: Democratisation and its DiscontentsICG Africa Report N°66, 28 July 2003 page 2

3) Country Profile - Republic of Somaliland Published by The Ministry of National Planning in 2002

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War Deg Deg ah Ciyaariyahankii Reer Somaliland Ee Mo Farah Ee Ku Guuleystay Oradka 10 Kun oo Dowlada Maraykanka Gacanta Ku Dhigtay

Orodyahanka haysta horyaalka orodka 10-ka kun iyo shanta kun ee dunida ee asalkiisu ka soo jeedo Somaliland , hase yeeshee haysta dhalashada Britain ugana qayb gala tartamada magaca British-ka Mo Farah, ayaa loo qabtey tuhun waxaa loogu yeero argagixisada, xili uu doonayey in uu galo wadanka Mareykanka.

Mo Farah

Wargeyska The Sun ee ka soo baxa magaalada London ayaa faafiyey wareysi uu la yeeshay orodyahanka 

Mo Farah kaasi oo uu ku xaqiijiyey in mudo saacado ah lagu haystey garoonka diyaaradaha magaalada Portland ee gobolka Oregon ee wadanka Mareykanka, isagoo xiligaasi ay la socdeen qoyskiisa, waxaana uu sheegay in ujeedada loo xiray ama su’aalaha loo waydiiyey aanay aheyn shaki isaga shakhsiyan laga qabey, balse markii uu Baasaboorkiisa uu dhiibay waaxda hubinta document-yada ay ku arkeen in uu ku dhashay Soomaaliya, sidaasina loogu sheegay in su’aalo loo baahan yahay in la waydiiyo, iyagoo u sheegay in ay ka qabaan shaki ku aadan argagixisnimo.

Mo Farah wuxuu u sheegay saraakiishii su’aalaha waydiinaysay ee uga shakisay argagixisnimada in hadii ay isaga shaki ka qabaan in uu yahay Mo Farah ay eegaan cadeymaha uu haysto sida isagoo tusay labadii biladood ee dahabka ahaa ee uu ku helay orodka 10-ka kun iyo shanta kun ee uu ku guuleystey xiligii ay socdeen ciyaarihii Olympic-da, balse wuxuu sheegay in arintaasi laga diiday oo lagu sameeyey baaritaan dheer, loona sheegay in mudo la haynayo.

“Ma Rumeysan karin in dhalashada aan ku dhashay Soomaaliya in la ii xiro ama tuhun la iga qaado, mar kasta oo aan imaado wadanka Mareykanka, laakiin markan waxaan watey cadeymihii biladihii aan ku guuleystey inkasoo aanay qaadan ama rumaysan{Kooxaha baarayaasha}” ayuu yiri Mo Farah oo 29 sano jir ah.

Mo Farah wuxuu sheegay in xiligii uu loo qabtey shakiga argagaxisnimada in uu ka yimid magaalada Toronto ee wadanka Canada, isagoo xusey in uu doonayey in uu ka qaato wadanka Mareykanka deganaansho ay u diyaarisay shirkada Nike oo uu kula jiro heshiis, uuna ku tababarto xarunteeda, isagoo degan Portland.

Mo Farah wuxuu tibaaxay in markii mudo ay su’aalo waydiinayeen uu la xiriiray tababarihiisa Alberto Salazar isagoo u sheegay in loo haysto shaki la xiriira argagxisnimo maadama ay ugu qoran tahay baasaboorka in uu ku dhashay Soomaaliya, waxaana taasi keentey in Alberto uu la xiriiro hay’ada dambi baarista ee FBI-da oo uu ku leeyahay qof saaxiib ah, isagoo u sheegay in qofka la haysto uu yahay Mo Farah oo aanay jirin tuhunka laga qabo.

“Nasiib wanaag Alberto wuxuu la xiriiray qofkaasi uu yaqiin ee FBI-da ka shaqeeya, kaasi oo aniga xitaa ah ii taageere aad u weyn, wuxuuna ogaa waxa aan ahay, iyadoo arintaasi sidaasi lagu xaliyey isla markaana naloo ogolaadey in aan gali karno gudaha wadanka Mareykanka” ayuu yiri Mo Farah.

Mo Farah oo magaciisa rasmiga ah uu yahay Maxamed Mukhtaar Faarax wuxuu ku dhashay magaalada Muqdisho, hase yeeshee isagoo 8 sano jir ah ayuu la midowbay Aabihiis oo uga soo horeeyey wadanka Ingiriiska oo haystey dhalashada British-ka, isagoo qaatey dhalashadii Aabihiis haystey.

Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah stopped by U.S. Customs for 'routine questioning,' says coach Alberto Salazar

By Katherine Driessen, The Oregonian
on December 30, 2012 at 11:47 AM, updated December 30, 2012 at 12:10 PM

 Britain's Mo Farah goes to cross the finish line to win gold in the men's 10,000-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza   Olympic gold medalist 

Mo Farah was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials two weeks ago while returning to Portland from London in what has become "routine questioning," according to his coach Alberto Salazar. 

Salazar said the incident was "blown out of proportion" by British newspapers Sunday that reported Farah was held under suspicion of being a terrorist.

Farah, a British distance runner, moved to Portland almost two years ago to train with Salazar at the Nike World Headquarters near Beaverton.

The Somali-born runner emigrated to England as a child and is often questioned at U.S. Customs, Salazar said, and the stop two weeks ago was nothing out of the ordinary.
 
Farah usually mentions such instances to his coach, but did not mention the most recent incident to Salazar until The Oregonian called Salazar Sunday morning, and he in turn called Farah.

"It was not a big deal at all," Salazar said. "That's why he didn't even say anything about it."

 Britain's Mo Farah, right, crosses the finish line to win gold ahead of United States' Galen Rupp in the men's 10,000-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, on Aug. 4 The Associated Press   

Farah could not be reached for comment Sunday.

The two-time gold medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games was returning from BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year event in London. He was detained for no more than 20 minutes, Salazar said.

Farah did show his Olympic gold medals to U.S. Customs officers in an attempt to prove his identity, Salazar said.

Farah is set to run with training partner Galen Rupp at Nike headquarters later today, Salazar said.

Indian rape victim was 'planning to marry man she was attacked with'

By Dean Nelson, New Delhi

7:06PM GMT 30 Dec 2012

The young Indian woman who died on Saturday from injuries she suffered in a gang-rape that has prompted national soul-searching was set to marry the man she was with when they were attacked, said friends and relatives. 

A girl lights candles during a candlelight vigil for the gang rape victim  Photo: REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

The funeral pyre was lit after traumatised relatives and friends said their final prayers at a ceremony in south-western Delhi. 

Friends revealed that the 23-year-old student was engaged to the man who was attacked alongside her, and that they planned to marry in February. “They had made all the wedding preparations and had planned a wedding party in Delhi,” said Meena Rai, who was a close friend and neighbour. “I really loved this girl. She was the brightest of all.”

Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, and Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the ruling Congress party, were at Delhi airport to console her parents as they arrived home on a chartered plane with their daughter’s body in the early hours.

After treatment in a Delhi hospital following the attack on Dec 16, the woman was flown to Singapore on Wednesday, but doctors were unable to prevent multiple organ failure. She was pronounced dead in the early hours of Saturday. 

Her killing has prompted government promises of better protection for women, and profound soul-searching in a nation where horrifying gang-rapes are commonplace and sexual harassment is routinely dismissed as “Eve-teasing”.

Several thousand people gathered in the centre of the Indian capital — some to express sympathy for the victim, others to voice their anger at the government.

Stringent security measures in which government offices and other public areas in New Delhi have been sealed off to prevent protests have been seized on by critics as further evidence of an out-of-touch government bungling its response.

“We cannot understand the high-handedness of the police. This is our city, we should be free to move around and protest peacefully,” said Mahima Anand, 21, who works for a multi-national company.

She spoke from the Jantar Mantar area of Delhi, where protesters have been allowed to gather.

“She was not just one woman, she epitomises every Indian woman who has been wronged in some way or the other,” she added. 

 
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The student, whose identity has been withheld to protect her family, with her fiancé were attacked by men wielding an iron bar after they boarded a bus in South Delhi’s upmarket Saket neighbourhood.

She was raped repeatedly by six men, who have been charged with her murder, as the bus – which had tinted windows and closed curtains – cruised the capital’s streets. The couple were hurled from the bus.

The fiance, whose name has also been withheld, was treated in hospital and later released.

The Hindustan Times newspaper reported that the woman, a trainee physiotherapist, was the joker of her family who always entertained her two younger brothers and tutored neighbours’ children to boost her family’s income. A dedicated student, she was determined to get a well-paid job to help repay her father, who had sold his ancestral home to fund her tuition, reports said.

The tragedy has forced India to confront the reality that sexually assaulted women are often blamed for the crime, which discourages them from going to the authorities for fear of exposing their families to ridicule. Police often refuse to accept complaints from rape victims, and the rare prosecutions that reach courts can drag on for years.

Human Rights Watch said Indian rape survivors “usually find it difficult to register police complaints, and often go from one hospital to another even for a medical examination”.

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, sent his condolences to the family.

SomCable, Bluwan to Expand Fast Wireless Service From Somalia

SomCable, a broadband operator in Somalia, has chosen wireless technology company Bluwan SA to help introduce a high-speed wireless Internet service in the sparsely populated and predominately rural Somaliland region.

“We can do this Fibre Through the Air project at one-10th of the price of a fixed-line fiber connection,” Mike Cothill, chief executive officer of SomCable, said in a phone interview. “To run a cable to a home, you have to dig up people’s properties and management of the network is pretty expensive.”

Globecomm Systems Inc. (GCOM), a New York-based provider of satellite services, will deliver and integrate the system, according to an e-mailed statement from the companies. The goal is 1 million subscribers by 2015. Paris-based Bluwan will initially deploy hubs in Hargeisa, the capital, with a 5- kilometer (3.1-mile) range offering links fast enough for video and audio.

The network will expand to Burco, Borama and Berbera, and then across the border to Djibouti, which is connected to underseas fibre-optic cables. It may then extend to Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan, the companies said.

Somaliland, a former British colony, declared independence from Somalia in 1991, after the fall of dictator Mohammed Siad Barre. No country officially recognizes its independence.

Users will connect to the wireless service via an outdoor antenna and the deal is worth at least $3 million for Bluwan, according to today’s statement. Each Bluwan hub will offer constant speeds of 2 megabits per second and peak speeds of 100 megabits per second to thousands of customers.

Standard access costs $5 a month and doesn’t allow downloads of video such as YouTube, SomCable said in a separate e-mail. A premium service at a minimum of $20 a month is “open completely to the Internet.”

Remittances from overseas workers account for an estimated 80 percent of Somaliland’s $500 million annual gross domestic product, while the sale of livestock mainly to buyers in the Middle East is its biggest generator of export income.

Internet connection speeds have improved and costs have fallen since 2009 in the region as at least four undersea cables began operating off Africa’s Indian Ocean coast, replacing more expensive satellite links.

Africa has fewer than five mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, compared with more than 10 percent in all other regions of the world, according to the International Telecommunications Union, a Geneva-based industry group.

- BLOOMBERG

Angered India demands change after gang rape exposes a society in crisis

Six men may face the death penalty after a student was attacked on a bus. Her death may be a turning point in the nation's attitude to women, reports Jason Burke in Delhi

The Observer, Saturday 29 December 2012 20.23 GMT

 

 

 

Protesters and mourners attend a vigil in Delhi as a student’s death galvanises Indians to demand greater protection for women. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

 

At seven o'clock on Saturday night, they lit the candles – on Juhu Beach, where Mumbai meets the Indian Ocean; in the centre of the bustling southern cities of Hyderabad and Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore); at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in chaotic, poverty-stricken Lucknow, 1,000 miles to the north.

Simultaneously, thousands of people across this vast nation remembered a still anonymous 23-year-old medical student who, late on Friday night, died of injuries sustained when she was raped and brutalised with an iron bar by six men on a moving bus in Delhi two weeks ago.

In Delhi itself, a city full of temples, mosques and churches, scores gathered at a shrine set up at the bus stop where, tired of waiting for the rare public buses after a trip to see the film Life of Pi, the young woman and her male friend had accepted a lift from the men who would rape her. Whether those in the crowd were mourners, protesters or both was unclear. Under the hastily printed posters reading "You Inspired Us All" and "No to Violence to Women", they too lit their candles. "We are feeling very sad. We are feeling very angry. Now we hope our lives will change," said Archana Balodi, a 24-year-old student.

The six men who are accused of the attack were charged on Saturday with murder, an offence which can be punished by death in India. Even this would be insufficent, said some demonstrators. "Hanging them is not enough. They should be tortured like she was," said Srishdi Kumar, 16. "Then maybe there will be a change. Why not?"

The victim died of organ failure after internal injuries sustained during an assault that lasted for more than an hour. She and her male friend were thrown from the moving bus.

Few now doubt that India, and particularly Delhi, has a problem with rape and sexual violence against women. In recent weeks the issue has changed from being "a privately accepted fact" to a "public cause", said the local Indian Express newspaper. Now many are talking about a turning point.

"In legal terms, it can be [a turning point] if there is the political will. But more broadly it could be a turning point for young women in India. They have seen and sensed the power of their united voice and their resistance, and that is critical," Brinda Karat, a veteran activist and Communist MP, told the Observer.

Many have been angered by the response of the authorities since the incident. While leading figures of the beleaguered ruling Congress party pledged action and spoke of their deep sadness on Saturday, a huge security operation was under way in the capital city to prevent demonstrators reaching parliament, the India Gate war memorial or their own official residences.

Protests last weekend turned violent with water cannon, teargas and baton charges used to disperse demonstrators. But there appeared to be no such threat on Saturday and the massed ranks of police looked like an over-reaction rooted in the paranoia and aloofness of India's political elite.

In a rare televised address, Sonia Gandhi, president of the Congress party, said that she spoke as "a mother and a woman", and called for efforts to counter "shameful social attitudes and mindsets that allow men to rape with such impunity".

Sexual harassment – known locally as "Eve-teasing" – is endemic in India. The belief that women are responsible for sexual assault is widespread. This year a series of rapes in rural areas in the state of Haryana, which is adjacent to Delhi, led to suggestions from politicians and community leaders that much sexual violence was consensual.

Investigations have revealed similar attitudes among the police. Women who report rapes are repeatedly ignored or even harassed themselves.

In the wake of the most recent incident, dozens of other rapes, often by multiple assailants, have been reported by the media across India. More than 24,000 rape cases were registered with the authorities in 2011, a 9% increase on the previous year.

In one incident reported last week, police took 14 days to register a complaint from a 17-year-old in Patiala, in the north-western state of Punjab, who attempted to report a gang rape. She later took her own life. Two officers have been sacked and one suspended.

The government has set up two committees to recommend new measures to combat sexual violence against women. One is likely to be the publication on the internet of a register of sex offenders; others include fast-track courts and a higher proportion of female police officers.

But the events of the past week have also revealed a growing gulf between young Indians and the ageing political class. The prime minister, Manmohan Singh, an 80-year-old former economist, encountered derision when he described the "emotions and energies this incident has generated" as "perfectly understandable reactions from a young India and an India that genuinely desires change".

Sheila Dikshit, the chief minister of Delhi – an otherwise popular figure who said she felt ashamed "not just as [chief minister], but as a citizen of India" – was booed when she tried to visit one of the protests in the city on Saturday . Few among the overwhelmingly youthful protesters had much confidence in their leaders. Many asked why they should trust political parties who in the last five years have fielded candidates for state elections that included 27 charged with rape and scores more under investigation for harassment and assault.
Brinda Karat said some good might yet come out of the tragedy – but at a high cost. "There has been a critical shift," she said. "But how many young lives and how many young women have to be sacrificed for change to happen?"

Six-year-old abduction girl, Atiya, back in Britain

A six-year-old girl returns to Britain more than three years after she was snatched and taken to Pakistan. The abduction, by her father, could influence her whole life, an expert tells Channel 4 News.

Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson arrived back at Manchester airport on Friday after vanishing in November 2009 when she went to stay with her father, Razwan Ali Anjum. The former insurance salesman said he was taking Atiya to Southport. Instead he took her to Lahore, Pakistan, and told Gemma Wilkinson - Atiya's mother - that she was "never going to see Atiya again".

Anjum is currently serving a prison sentence in the UK for refusing to reveal his daughter's whereabouts, despite a court order. Just last month Gemma Wilkinson, 32, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, launched a fresh appeal for information on her daughter's whereabouts. Ms Wilkinson has described her daughter's homecoming as "the best Christmas present ever".

'Something they never get over'

Alison Shalaby is from the charity Reunite International, which offers support to those affected by parental child abduction. Her own daughter was snatched by her Egyptian father. I asked her about what difficulties mother and child face after so long apart.

She told Channel 4 News: "There are going to be challenges because the little girl has been through this twice now - first the abduction from England to Paksitan, and everything that goes with that in her life.

We have spoken with adults who were abducted as a child - they say it's something they never get over. It influences their whole life. Alison Shalaby

"Now she's got a huge change again in her life. But hopefully with a mother's love and the assistance of the immediate family, and help from professionals, they'll be able to form a bond again.
"We have spoken with adults who were abducted as a child - they say it's something they never get over. It influences their whole life."

Jail term

Mr Anjum was handed a fourth consecutive jail term by a high court judge in April after he refused to reveal where his daughter was. Mr Justice Moor imposed a 12-month prison sentence after he found him in contempt of an order instructing him to disclose Atiya's whereabouts.
He said Anjum, who is in his late 20s, would not be eligible for release until he had served at least six months. Judges have previously imposed jail terms of two years, 12 months and another 12 months in the hope that Anjum would provide information. Judges re-jailed Anjum as each sentence neared its end.

Ms Wilkinson, a former charity worker, took legal action in an attempt to force Anjum to reveal the crucial details.
Anjum, who represented himself at the latest court hearing, indicated that Atiya was in Pakistan or Iran but said he did not know her exact whereabouts. Mr Justice Moor said he was sure Anjum was lying.
The judge said: "I am certain that he is in contempt. It is absolutely absurd for him to suggest that he does not know the whereabouts of his daughter and he cannot contact her. I am certain he is lying."
Another judge has previously said the case was "as bad a case of child abduction as I have encountered".

Atiya e-fit image

It is thought Atiya was found after police published a computer-generated e-fit image of what Atiya would look like now - a day before her sixth birthday in November.

Ms Wilkinson said:"It's been an absolute nightmare. As to her whereabouts we know nothing. We've had no contact. I'm worrying every day, every single day. Everything is affected by it. When I close my eyes I see her.

"I say goodnight to her every night before bed. I pray she's okay. We don't have any proof that she's okay, there is no proof she is still alive. It's been discussed that she could have been sold, but I don't want to believe it.

"She was so funny. She was a little bundle of joy. She loved her lipgloss and handbags - as soon as she got hold of my make-up bag, everything in it was hers. We just want her home."

Her "on-off" relationship with Anjum ended in 2008. "He's not prepared to back down - he's not prepared to work with the police," she said at the time.

Somaliland: Stop Misuse of Public Media

A wrong is a wrong. Yes, it is not something right.

They say two wrongs do not make a right. Yes, true it is.

But when a wrong is righted by a wrong, and another and another, thus infinite wrongs are “justified” to right on original wrong, what can that situation be?

Of course as nationalists we abhor, decry and condemn in the strongest terms possible the use (or is it misuse) of tribal chords struck to play clannish whims for ill-motives.

Worse of all is the trend of allowing such innuendoes to be aired or printed for dissemination through the public media.

By the way, the licensing means that have resulted in the off-shooting of numerous electronic “journals” or “radios” need to be reviewed, or were they in the place ever licensed at all?

To listen to a local “electronic” radio” giving audience to a local “poet” who enters a vociferous, voluble and fire-spitting rhetoric whose vehemence carries all the abilities of war-mongering is not only dangerous but so inconvenient  that we wonder who ever licensed such “freedom”.

To listen to war-mongering in song or poetic disguise only remind us of the Rwanda mass massacre that were not only catalyzed, but indeed, ignited and caused by radio stations.

For such a wrong to be countered in the same spirit by another wrongful move only compounds the situation even further and is only to fuel the fire hence the hog-wash would erupt into fire-balls.

So too would other “members” of other “communities” who feel “touched” do the same.

Before the media misuse is allowed to blend and integrate into our culture becoming a “normal in-thing” we should nip it at the bud now.

To the contrary, what we should see in the media should be positive trends. It is quite sad that the Guurti or parliament have forgotten what they are paid for.

Worthy Somalilanders should come fast to our aid and preach goodwill. Cabinet, Guurti, Parliament and traditional leaders should immediately see the dangerous route that the stirring up of tribal emotions may take hence should counter it immediately by disseminating the needful.

We should be responsible and know what is good and what is right. We should know what we are supposed and obliged to do. The media should not consciously nor unconsciously take part to misinform, disinform or equally take part in propagating ill-will through war-mongering propaganda.

The information department should review how local websites and blogs operate for we can no longer discern their agendas any more.

By MA EGGE

Somali woman gets 8 years in prison on ‘terrorism’ charge for her humanitarian work

By Staff |

December 13, 2012

 

San Diego, CA - A young Somali woman and well-known community activist, Nima Ali Yusuf, was sentenced to eight years in prison, here on Dec.11, for conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization. Yusuf, a volunteer at the Humanitarian African Relief Organization was accused of sending a small sum of money - $1450 - to members of Somali resistance organization al-Shabab.
At issue was the accusation that Yusuf helped out friends in Somalia, who were also said to be members of al-Shabab. 

The courtroom was packed with family, friends and supporters when Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz handed down the sentence.

A statement from Yusef’s defense committee refers to her as a hero and notes, “Nimo Yusuf is a daughter with great heart. She will go beyond her ability to help others. She is highly beloved in the Somali Community. She has touched the lives of so many of us here in the twin cities. She translated, provided transportation, cared for the sick and the widows. She loved her faith and followed its commandments of giving, helping, and caring. She carried the burden of others, solved their problems, counseled the youth, cried and cared for many of us who are struggling and adjusting to the new life in America.”

The FBI made use of wiretaps against Yusuf and, according to court records, intercepted and recorded 35,000 calls made by her.

Mick Kelly, of the Committee to Stop Repression, states, “A good person who did good things is being sent to prison for a very long time. The government wants to criminalize people who support a Somalia that is independent of foreign domination. She should be released at once.”