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Journalist Abdiqani Hussein Abokor, also known as Baylood, interviewing the poet Ismail Yusuf Abdi, who recited a poem warning that Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi risked being cursed. The journalist and poet were then detained. (Screenshot: Heegan Media TV/YouTube)

Somaliland journalist detained without charge after interviewing poet

Sep 8, 2026 | Human Rights

New York, September 7, 2026 ndash;The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the release of journalist Abdiqani Huss ...

Sep 2, 2026 | Human Rights

On August 18, 2026, the office of the National Human Rights Commission in Zamfara shared with the Advocacy for Alleged W ...

Aug 31, 2026 | Human Rights

Child-rights organisation Challenging Heights has rescued twenty-five trafficked children from forced labour on Lake Vol ...

Aug 25, 2026 | Human Rights

Ghana rsquo;s participation in the United Nations Human Rights Council rsquo;s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism ...

Jul 28, 2026 | Human Rights

Geneva, 28 July 2026 ndash; Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have been trafficked by criminal networks and for ...

Jun 18, 2026 | Human Rights

Ghanaian human rights advocate, peace ambassador, journalist, and development communicator, Dr. Joseph Kobla Wemakor, ha ...

May 10, 2026 | Human Rights

The Human Rights Association (HRA) today calls on the Libyan authorities to immediately release all Gambian nationals cu ...

May 4, 2026 | Human Rights

Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) has successfully facilitated the release and return of a Ghanaian domestic worker wh ...

Apr 29, 2026 | Human Rights

Renowned Ghanaian human rights advocate, journalist, and development communicator, Dr. Joseph Kobla Wemakor, has called ...

Apr 25, 2026 | Human Rights

Cape Town April 24, 2026 - The Human Rights Association (HRA) today calls for a full, independent, and transparent inv ...

Apr 4, 2026 | Human Rights

A 27-year-old Ghanaian domestic worker is currently stranded in Iraq under troubling conditions after her employer alleg ...

Apr 2, 2026 | Human Rights

Stakeholders have renewed calls for stronger policies, inclusive governance and sustained partnerships to advance the ri ...

Feb 23, 2026 | Human Rights

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has issued a blunt warning that global human rights are under constant press ...