Voldtægt og vold mod kvinder er ikke længere et traditionelt tabuiseret emne i Somalia. Men fængslingen af en journalist får organisationer til at sætte spørgsmålstegn ved regeringens motiver.
NAIROBI, 24. januar, 2013 (IRIN): The recent execution in Somalia of a soldier convicted of rape and the detention of a journalist investigating sexual assault have given the traditionally taboo issue of gender-based violence an usual degree of prominence.
Even the president has weighed in. Speaking from Washington, DC, where he met with US President Barack Obama on 17 January, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said that his government would not intervene in the case of the journalist, despite pressure from numerous organizations, including Human Rights Watch, and senior UN officials.
Mohamud said that freedom of the press “does not mean that tainting the image of the government is acceptable by any standards”.
A Band-Aid
Læs videre på: http://irinnews.org/Report/97325/Death-sentence-and-detentions-raise-profile-of-rape-in-Somalia
