Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

On 7 February I reported via Front Line Defenders that journalist and human rights defender Abdiasis Abdinur Ibrahim – nicknamed Koronto – in Somalia was arrested convicted to one year jail for ‘fabricating’ – i.e. reporting on – a rape case and allegedly entering the house of the reported rape victim without consent. The charges (!) against the rape victim were dropped by the appeals court on 3 March 2013, but Koronto’s sentence was upheld, albeit with a reduction to 6 months.

Related articles

• Somalian radio journalist and human rights defender Abdiasis Abdinur Ibrahim sentenced to one year in prison (thoolen.wordpress.com)
• Somali ‘false rape victim’ cleared (bbc.co.uk)
• Somali woman wins appeal against sentence for claiming soldiers raped her (guardian.co.uk)

This entry was posted on March 8, 2013 at 13:57 and is filed under human rights.

Tags: Abdiasis Abdinur Ibrahim, freedom of information, Front Line, human rights, Human rights defender, journalists, Koronto, Mogadishu, radio journalist, rape, sexual abuse, Somalia