Articles for Djibouti

On 22 June 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (RST) regarding the cases of 10 farmers from the Obock region in northern Djibouti, who were ill-treated during their 10 day-secret detention, and of that of another farmer, at great ris

Alkarama welcomes the release, on 21 December 2014, of Mouhayadine Yacin Mohamed and Said Charmake Darar, President and Spokesperson of the Mouvement des Jeunes de l'Opposition (MJO), for which Alkarama had sent an

Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), regarding the case of Mouhayadine Yacin Mohamed and Said Charmake Darar, two young Djiboutian activists arbitrarily arrested by the police on 8 December 2014.

Mohamed Ibrahim Waiss was finally released on 21 August at the outcome of his trial before the Criminal Chamber of the Djibouti Court, which acquitted Waiss of the charges of participation in an illegal demonstration for which he was prosecuted.

Waiss was arrested by the Djibouti police on 8 August 2014 when he was covering a peaceful opposition rally protesting against the repression of its members by authorities.

Alarmed and concerned about the ongoing repression of the opposition by the Djibouti authorities, Alkarama wrote an urgent appeal to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to ask for the release of Mohamed Ibrahim Waiss, a journalist arrested and arbitrarily detained since 8 August, 2014.

Djiboutian police forces arrested Waiss as he was covering a demonstration by the opposition in Djibouti city. Beaten and his eye wounded during his arrest, he was taken to the Hodan police station where he was again subjected to police violence and did not receive medical attention.