Somalia human rights group shut down

[Robbien]

Source: AP

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- The mayor of Somalia's capital has ordered the country's oldest human rights group to shut down, the group's chairman said Monday.

Sudan Ali Ahmed said his group was accused of spreading "exaggerated and false information" about the country's fragile government.

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"I'm a wanted person," Ahmed said by phone from an undisclosed location in Mogadishu. "Government soldiers are searching for me everywhere. I stay in different places in the capital. The world should stand up and intervene to save Somali people from their own government that abuses the basic rights of its citizens."

Elman Human Rights has 116 staffers who work across the country. The group has tracked the killings of civilians during Mogadishu's near-daily violence this year and has also reported on violations in recent years.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/19/somalia.humanrights.ap.ap/

[LeftishBrit]

1. That is horrible.

What an evil, brutal government Somalia seems to have.

Human rights workers in such countries must be incredibly brave - they are real heroes. The dangers they face are incredible.