Urgent Action : Poet held over poem calling for government reform

Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, has been in detention since 12 January.

Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, has been in detention since 12 January. He was arrested after he had recited a poem the previous day in which he called on the Somaliland government to reform its prisons and criminal justice system.

Take action.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 20 MARCH 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in Somali or English to:

Attorney General

Hassan Ahmed Adam 

Somaliland 

Email: [email protected] 

Salutation: Dear Attorney General

And copies to:

Somaliland Minister of Interior  

Mohamed Kahin Ahmed 

[email protected] 

President of Somaliland  

Muse Bihi Abdi 

[email protected] 

Ambassador  

Benjamin James Fender 

British Embassy Mogadishu 

[email protected] 

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

Mission of Somaliland, 234-236 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BJ, 020 3441 2631, [email protected]

Please check with your section before sending appeals after the above date.