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Urgent Action Update: Two Boys Jailed For Life After Unfair Trial (Somalia: UA 96.17)

June 12, 2017

Two boys have been imprisoned for life for murder. The boys say they were forced to confess to the murder.

Two boys have been imprisoned for life for murder. The boys say they were forced to confess to the murder.

1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
  • Urging Puntland authorities to retry Muhamed Yasin Abdi and Daud Saied Sahal in a civilian court in accordance with the principles of juvenile justice and international fair trial standards, excluding evidence obtained through torture or other ill-treatment;
  • Calling on them to open a prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigation into allegations of torture or other ill-treatment; and
  • Calling on them to establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty

Contact these two officials by 24 July, 2017:

Puntland Minister of Justice Hassan Hussein Haji Ministry of Justice, Puntland Bosaso, Puntland Somalia Email: [email protected] Salutation: His Excellency Ambassador Ahmed Isse Awad, Embassy of Somalia 1705 DeSales Street NW, Suite 300 Washington DC 20036 Phone: 1 202 296 0570 or 1 202 833 1523 Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Ambassador
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