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[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

SOHRIDEN expresses serious concern over
the electoral commission's decision to remove the Towfiq Organization from the list of organization groups which are participating in the re-run Galmudug election. #ElectoralCommission
The decision also raises serious concerns regarding the procedural integrity of the electoral process, recalling the shortcomings that characterized the previous South West State and Galmudug State elections conducted by the Commission, following which the Supreme Court intervened and the Galmudug election was ordered to be repeated.

The Electoral Commission appears to have continued favoring the Federal Government, while the Towfiq Organization has consistently insisted on adherence to the law. Its exclusion from the list of legitimate participating organizations therefore raises serious questions about equal treatment, procedural fairness, and respect for the applicable electoral framework.
In response, the Towfiq Organization issued a statement clarifying its political position: it remains ready to participate in the election. They maintained that they had already submitted the list of candidates specifically, the same list used in the previous election, which are contrary to the commission's claims. The Towfiq Organization has called upon the President to intervene in this legal dispute, given his role as the guardian of the constitution . To date, no response has been made.
@HassanSMohamud @M_Farmaajo @HamzaAbdiBarre @HESharifShAhmed
Therefore, the federal government should think twice and resolve this dispute through dialogue and avoid further exacerbating the situation.
Countries interested in Somalia should counsel the Federal Government, pointing out that its current approach is undemocratic; an election conducted in this manner will lack legitimacy and will only aggravate the country's situation. International bodies @UN @EU_in_Somalia @US2SOMALIA @NLinSomalia @NorwayInSomalia @UKinSomalia
@SwedeninSomalia @Chris_Politis @antonioguterres @DutchMFA @HenkJanBakker3 @UNHumanRights @_AfricanUnion and all other nations actively working toward a solution for Somalia, should advise the Federal Government against law worsening the crisis and should exert pressure on all parties to reach a resolution. Furthermore, the Federal Government's allies should urge it to abandon its power manic and instead pursue an inclusive, legally grounded electoral process.” @HassanAKhaire @AAbdishakur @PresidentMadobe @HESaidADeni @AJEnglish @amnesty @hrw @CommissionerHR @EURightsAgency @Europarl_EN @volker_turk @UNHumanRights @HRCP87 @humanrights1st @QatarEmbassySO @PI_AfricaHub @ProtectionInt

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

“لن يرتفع صوت الباطل إلا إذا غفل أهل الحق عن حقهم.”
“Falsehood will never prevail unless the people of truth become heedless of their rights.”

“Codka baadilku ma sara maro , haddii aysan dadka XAQA leh ay ka gaabiyin XAQOODA.”. Ama:-

“Baadilku ma awoodayto, haddii aysan dadka XAQA leh aysan ka aamusaan oo aysan dayacin XAQOODA.”

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

SOHRIDEN wishes to make the following clear to the Somali people:
Your right to choose those who represent you is not a gift, is not a favor, or permission granted by an institution or politician. It is a political right protected by law. #SomalaElection
The Somali people have the right to know what is happening, who is responsible, and what the law requires.
Electoral transparency is not a privilege or a favor granted to citizens. It is a fundamental pillar of democratic accountability, public confidence, and the legitimacy of the electoral process.

Article 18(3) of Somalia’s National Elections Law establishes a 90-day requirement for determining the electoral date before polling.#NIEBC
Yet the current Hirshabelle timetable announced on 1st September 2026 schedules polling for 30 September 2026 (only 29 days later).
SOHRIDEN is not issuing a judicial verdict.
We are asking a simple legal question. A question that cannot simply be ignored. The law is the foundation and the compliance is mandatory.#Somalia

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

The Somali Human Rights Defenders Network (SOHRIDEN) strongly condemns the reported Turkish Bayraktar AKINCI drone strike on the residence of General Mahad Abdirahman, former Commander of the Custodial Corps, in Doolow, Gedo.

Targeting a residential compound, reportedly injuring General Mahad and his wife and potentially affecting civilians, is deeply alarming.
Military capabilities provided to Somalia to fight Al-Shabaab must never be diverted toward domestic political disputes or used against political opponents.
Political disputes belong at the dialogue table—not on the battlefield.

SOHRIDEN calls for an immediate, impartial and transparent investigation into the reported Turkish Bayraktar AKINCI drone strike in Doolow, Gedo.

If civilians were harmed or a residential home was deliberately targeted, those responsible must be held accountable in accordance with Somali law and international human rights and humanitarian standards.@UN_HRC

Somalia cannot build peace by turning military power against its own people.
Dialogue, constitutionalism and the rule of law must prevail over force.

The international community must take seriously the reported use of a Turkish Bayraktar AKINCI drone in an alleged attack on a residential compound in Doolow, Gedo.@amnesty @hrw

Weapons and military technology transferred to Somalia for counter-terrorism operations carry a fundamental responsibility: they must not be misused in political or internal disputes.

SOHRIDEN urges the Somali authorities, Turkey and relevant international partners to ensure transparency, accountability and protection of civilians . @volker_turk
Somalia needs political dialogue but not militarized politics.
@US2SOMALIA @UKinSomalia @EU_in_Somalia @SwedeninSomalia @_AfricanUnion @UNTMIS_ @TC_MogadisuBE @GermanyinSOM @ItalyinSomalia @NLinSomalia @aussom_
@DutchMFA @Chris_Politis @MFATurkiye

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

Haddii Dulmiga (xadgudubka) loo qaybiyo Boqol Juz,  sagaashan iyo sagaal juz xamer bay taalaa maanta, juzka soo harayna adduunkoo dhan buu kusoo dawaafaa maalintii  , markuu habeen soo galo waxuu usoo hoydaa oo seexdaa Xamer”.

“If oppression of (human rights violations) were divided into 100 chapters, 99 Chapters would be found in Mogadishu in the day time , and the remaining ONE Chapter would travel around the entire world during the day, and when night falls, it would return to spend and sleep in Mogadishu.”       

لو قُسِّم الظلم (انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان) إلى مئة جزء، لكان تسعة وتسعون جزءًا منه موجودًا في مقديشو  يوميا،  أما الجزء المتبقي، يطوف أنحاء العالم ��لال النهار، وعندما يحلّ الليل، يعود الي مقديشو ويرقد ليقضي ليلته فيها.            

DULMIGA HA ka AAMUSIN  YUUSAN CODKAAGA  kaa LUMIN!N XAQAADA
Ma tahay dhibane xadgudub xuquuqda aadanaha?
SOHRIDEN way ku dhageysanaysaa.
La wadaag kiiskaaga, caddeymahaaga, iyo waxa lagugu sameeyay.
Diiwaangeli maanta, si caddaalad loo raadiyo berri. Email: [email protected]

DO NOT REMAIN SILENT ABOUT INJUSTICE and DO NOT LET YOUR VOICE BE LOST! DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS.
Are you a victim of human rights violations?
SOHRIDEN is listening to you.
Share your case, your evidence, and what was done to you.
Document it today , so that justice can be pursued tomorrow.  
Email: [email protected]

لا تصمت عن الظلم ، ولا تدع صوتك يضيع! دافع عن حقوقك. هل أنت ضحية لانتهاكات حقوق الإنسان؟
SOHRIDEN تستمع إليك.
شارك قضيتك وأدلتك وما تعرّضت له من انتهاكات.
وثّق قضيتك اليوم … حتى نتمكن من السعي إلى العدالة غدًا. Email: [email protected]

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[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

SOHRIDEN supports the principle underlying the Supreme Court’s Galmudug decision: electoral power must derive from a process that complies with the constitution, electoral law and fundamental democratic standards.
We welcome respect for the ruling by the President and call upon all political actors to do the same.
At the same time, we strongly reject any attempt to intimidate, threaten, remove or politically punish judges simply because their decisions are not liked.
Somalia needs strong institutions but not obedient institutions. It needs independent judges and not politically dependent judges. It needs elections governed by law but not elections governed by power.
And it needs political leaders who understand that accepting an adverse judicial decision is not weakness but strength.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s acceptance of the Supreme Court ruling should be welcomed as an opportunity to establish a stronger democratic precedent.
Today the judgment may seem inconvenience to one political constituency but tomorrow a different judgment may be favorable to them.
SOHRIDEN calls to all somali institutions that the principle must remain the same and no government should obey courts only when it wins.
Respect for judicial decisions is meaningful precisely when the decision is politically difficult.

@HassanSMohamud @US2SOMALIA @UKinSomalia @UNHumanRights @amnesty @UNGeneva @AJEnglish @CharlesKingFCDO @JennyChapman @QatarEmbassySO @TC_MogadisuBE @UNSomalia @UNSOM @EU_in_Somalia @francescaDM_EU @MFATurkiye @ChineseSomalia @UNDPSomalia @_AfricanUnion @DutchMFA  @NLinSomalia @SweMFA @UN_HRC @hrw @amnesty @UNTMIS_   @AsstSecStateAF @DeputySecState @US_SrAdvisorAF  @SenateForeign @AJEnglish  @USAfricaCommand @NorwayMFA  @ProtectionInt @PI_AfricaHub @antonioguterres
@CommissionerHR @EURightsAgency @Europarl_EN @volker_turk @UNHumanRights @HRCP87 @humanrights1st @Human

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

SOHRIDEN is preparing a systematic initiative to document and investigate forced evictions and related abuses, working with affected communities and preserving evidence from demolished and affected areas. Plus its routine and continuous investigation, documentation , monitoring and advocacy of all kinds of abuses and human rights violation

Human Rights organizations do not exist to make government look good. They exist to make government accountable to the people whose rights are legally and constitutionally obliged to protect.

When government institutions violate rights, or fail to prevent violations, the institutions established to protect citizens must not become spectators, silent partners or instruments for legitimizing those abuses.

Human Rights must be documented, investigated , defended and enforced.
When an ordinary Somali citizens are abused by power, who actually stands beside them?”
Every demolished home has a story.
Every victim has evidence.
Every violation deserves accountability.
Human rights must reach the victim and not remain inside conference rooms and meetings with those in power who failed to protect and donors.
This is not a political campaign.
It is a human rights accountability initiative

Pls submit your complaint through our online complaint mechanism :-
email: [email protected]

@HassanSMohamud @HamzaAbdiBarre
@HESharifShAhmed @HassanAKhaire @antonioguterres @M_Farmaajo @AAbdishakur @PresidentMadobe @HESaidADeni @US2SOMALIA @UKinSomalia @CharlesKingFCDO @JennyChapman @QatarEmbassySO @TC_MogadisuBE @UNSomalia @UNSOM @EU_in_Somalia @francescaDM_EU @MFATurkiye @ChineseSomalia @UNDPSomalia @_AfricanUnion @DutchMFA @NLinSomalia @MPDrAbib @SweMFA @UN_HRC @hrw @amnesty @UNTMIS_ @AsstSecStateAF @DeputySecState @US_SrAdvisorAF @SenateForeign @AJEnglish @USAfricaCommand @NorwayMFA @ProtectionInt @PI_AfricaHub @antonioguterres @CommissionerHR @EURightsAgency @Europarl_EN @volker_turk @UNHumanRights @HRCP87 @humanrights1st @HumanR

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

The Somali Human Rights Defenders Network (SOHRIDEN) is preparing to publicly release a series of independent investigative and human rights accountability reports examining serious allegations and documented concerns involving Somalia’s public institutions, including corruption, abuse of authority, institutional negligence, unlawful land dispossession, violations of due process, custodial failures and other human rights violations.
These investigations are being undertaken through documentary review, legal and constitutional analysis, field monitoring, evidence assessment and verification. Our approach is evidence-based, impartial and grounded in the principles of accountability, transparency and the rule of law.
No public institution is beyond scrutiny. No public office is a shield against accountability.
SOHRIDEN respectfully urge president @HassanSMohamud to critically review the competence, performance, and accountability of the ministers entrusted with serving the Somali people. SOHRIDEN will independently continue monitoring government institutions and presenting the public with verified facts, documented evidence, and credible findings. Our commitment is to transparency, justice, accountability, and the public interest. No minister, ministry, or public institution should be above scrutiny.

The Ministry of Justice and Constitution Affairs (MOJAC) is currently in the final stage of verification and investigation , with findings undergoing legal analyses prior to publication.

Upon completion of this process, MOJACA accountability report will be formally released and its findings will be placed in the public domain. MOJCA is the beginning not the end. Other in-line institutions and ministries will follow.

SOHRIDEN will progressively publish verified findings and make them available to the Somali public, national oversight institutions, civil society, international partners, diplomatic missions and donors.

We emphasize that verification comes before publication. Every allegation must be examined against available evidence and applicable law. Where violations, corruption or institutional failures are substantiated, they will be documented and reported without fear or favour.

Public office carries public responsibility. Public authority is accountable.

Documentation is underway.
Verification is ongoing and in progress.
There will be Accountability and finally
The public will know.

@HassanSMohamud @US2SOMALIA @UKinSomalia @UNHumanRights @amnesty @UNGeneva @AJEnglish @CharlesKingFCDO @JennyChapman @QatarEmbassySO @TC_MogadisuBE @UNSomalia @UNSOM @EU_in_Somalia @francescaDM_EU @MFATurkiye @ChineseSomalia @UNDPSomalia @_AfricanUnion @DutchMFA  @NLinSomalia @SweMFA @UN_HRC @hrw @amnesty @UNTMIS_   @AsstSecStateAF @DeputySecState @US_SrAdvisorAF  @SenateForeign @AJEnglish  @USAfricaCommand @NorwayMFA  @ProtectionInt @PI_AfricaHub @antonioguterres
@CommissionerHR @EURightsAgency @Europarl_EN @volker_turk @UNHumanRights @HRCP87 @humanrights1st @Human

[Center for Governance Studies - Somalia @cgs_so]

Dialogue must produce confidence building measures swiftly. The greatest danger is not disagreement itself, but the collapse of trust between political actors. Once trust disappears completely, institutions weaken, tensions rise with stress and poison the coherence of the community, and ordinary citizens suffer the consequences. If the Federal Government is truly ready to review the electoral process and mechanisms, the opposition must present the same honest heart. This must lead to a credible, inclusive, and transparent national agreement not cosmetic adjustments designed to preserve unilateral control. Trust can only return through genuine consensus.@HassanSMohamud @HESharifShAhmed @HassanAKhaire @antonioguterres @M_Farmaajo @AAbdishakur @PresidentMadobe @HESaidADeni @MohamedHRoble @Aynte @DrGuledS @US2SOMALIA @UKinSomalia @CharlesKingFCDO @JennyChapman @QatarEmbassySO @TC_MogadisuBE @UNSomalia @UNSOM @EU_in_Somalia @francescaDM_EU @MFATurkiye @ChineseSomalia @UNDPSomalia @_AfricanUnion @DutchMFA @NLinSomalia @SweMFA @UN_HRC @hrw @amnesty @UNTMIS_ @AsstSecStateAF @DeputySecState @US_SrAdvisorAF @SenateForeign @USAfricaCommand @NorwayMFA

[Center for Governance Studies - Somalia @cgs_so]

CGS welcomes the international calls for restraint and the protection of civilians. We urge all Somali political actors to respect constitutional principles, uphold human rights, avoid the use of force in political disputes, and engage in an inclusive national dialogue that restores public confidence and safeguards Somalia’s democratic future.

When political power is centralized, opposition voices are marginalized, and state institutions become politicized, the risk of authoritarianism grows.

Somalia’s greatest need today is not political domination but national consensus. Institutions become stronger when they serve all citizens equally, not when they are perceived as instruments of one political faction.

@HassanSMohamud @HESharifShAhmed @HassanAKhaire @antonioguterres @M_Farmaajo @AAbdishakur @PresidentMadobe @HESaidADeni @MohamedHRoble @Aynte @DrGuledS @US2SOMALIA @UKinSomalia @CharlesKingFCDO @JennyChapman @QatarEmbassySO @TC_MogadisuBE @UNSomalia @UNSOM @EU_in_Somalia @francescaDM_EU @MFATurkiye @ChineseSomalia @UNDPSomalia @_AfricanUnion @DutchMFA @NLinSomalia @SweMFA @UN_HRC @hrw @amnesty @UNTMIS_ @AsstSecStateAF @DeputySecState @US_SrAdvisorAF @SenateForeign @USAfricaCommand @NorwayMFA

[Center for Governance Studies - Somalia @cgs_so]

Somalia’s long term peace and stability cannot be achieved only through changes of leaders, political agreements between elites, or temporary compromises during crises. The country’s central challenge is the weakness of state institutions and the absence of a shared political framework that all actors trust and respect. Therefore, the priority must be to build a system where institutions are stronger than individuals, laws are stronger than political interests, and national interest is placed above competition for power.

[Center for Governance Studies - Somalia @cgs_so]

The future of Somalia cannot be built by replacing one group of elites with another. It must be built by changing the system: from personal power to institutional power, from public resources as private opportunity to public resources as national responsibility, and from government control to citizen service.
 Somalia needs a  government authority based on law, accountability, justice, and public service, where state resources belong to citizens, institutions are stronger than individuals, and every Somali has confidence in the rule of law.

[Center for Governance Studies - Somalia @cgs_so]

How can the Technical Committees established under the dialogue between the Federal Government and the full spectrum of the opposition realistically reach agreement on a mutually acceptable electoral model when the Federal Government continues to unilaterally conduct Federal Member State electoral processes using the same contested approach first seen in South West State (Baydhabo), and now being replicated in Galmudug and Hirshabelle?

The credibility of any political dialogue depends not only on what is discussed at the negotiating table, but also on the conduct of the parties while negotiations are underway. When one party continues to make consequential political decisions that shape the electoral and institutional landscape before consensus has been reached, it inevitably raises questions about the sincerity of the dialogue and the commitment to a negotiated outcome.

The situation is further complicated by reports that the Federal Parliament—whose constitutional mandate has already expired—is proceeding with the selection of a new Speaker through a process widely perceived as predetermined rather than genuinely competitive. Whether or not these perceptions are accurate, they risk deepening political mistrust and reinforcing the belief that critical state institutions are being reconfigured outside the framework of the ongoing negotiations.

Dialogue cannot succeed if parallel political actions effectively determine the outcome before the Technical Committees complete their work. Confidence-building measures are indispensable to meaningful negotiations. These include refraining from unilateral political decisions that could prejudice the talks, preserving institutional neutrality, and ensuring that all stakeholders participate on an equal footing.

From a governance perspective, Somalia’s long-term stability depends less on which electoral model ultimately prevails than on whether that model emerges through an inclusive, transparent, constitutional, and consensus-based process. Any agreement perceived as imposed rather than negotiated is unlikely to command broad political legitimacy or public confidence.

The Center for Governance Studies (CGS) therefore emphasizes that the success of the current dialogue will ultimately be measured not by the signing of an agreement alone, but by whether the process itself reflects the principles of constitutionalism, inclusivity, political restraint, institutional integrity, and respect for the rule of law. Only a dialogue conducted in good faith can produce a durable political settlement capable of restoring public trust and strengthening Somalia’s democratic institutions.

[Center for Governance Studies - Somalia @cgs_so]

A sustainable peace in Somalia will be an elusive dream until the cries of old mothers and children are answered with swift legal restitution and the land grabbers within ministries and corporate boardrooms are prosecuted. True statehood means dismantling the machinery of corruption and giving back justice to the dispossessed.

[Center for Governance Studies - Somalia @cgs_so]

One of the greatest misfortunes facing the Somali people is the appointment of officials to critical government positions who appear to lack the knowledge, competence and institutional understanding required to discharge the responsibilities of their offices.
This concern becomes particularly serious when such statements come from the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs—an office that should be at the forefront of constitutional governance, the rule of law, human rights and access to justice.
At a public gathering, the Minister reportedly stated that the government is not obliged to provide citizens with services such as healthcare and education free of charge, and that the primary responsibility of government is security. He reportedly went further by arguing that modern states do not provide such services and that what Somalia is currently doing amounts to charity and welfare.

Somalia cannot afford a minimalist understanding of government
Somalia already faces profound institutional weaknesses, poverty, displacement, insecurity, corruption, inadequate public services and limited access to justice.

In such circumstances, telling citizens that the state is essentially responsible only for security risks promoting an extremely narrow conception of government.

Security is indispensable , wbut security without justice is not sustainable; security without education cannot build a society; security without healthcare cannot protect human dignity; and security without accountable institutions cannot produce a functioning state. #somalia #governance
The Somali people do not need a government that merely protects them from physical threats. They need a government that also protects their rights, dignity, equality and access to justice and essential public services.

@HassanSMohamud @HamzaAbdiBarre @HassanAKhaire @M_Farmaajo @AAbdishakur

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RT @cgs_so: CGS supports respect for the authority of the courts and calls on all institutions to accept the rule of law. Some Members of…

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

SOHRIDEN formally notifies all public institutions that respect for human rights and the rule of law is not optional but it is a constitutional and international obligation.

Our nationwide of mapping human rights violations initiative will monitor alleged violations wherever they occur, including abuses of power, arbitrary actions by public authorities, intimidation, restrictions on civic space, and concerns arising from unilateral electoral processes.

Every violation leaves evidence. Every victim deserves to be heard. Every institution will ultimately be judged by its respect for human rights.

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

SOHRIDEN’s legal research portrays the emerging crisis in Somalia as a complex collapse of governance, constitutionalism, human rights and public accountability, which goes beyond the usual security issues. The recent happenings are not disconnected happenings but intertwined expressions of structural instability driven by one-sided electoral processes, pending constitutional conflicts, arbitrary limitations on civic participation, forced evictions and its new waves of dispossessions, and the deliberate systematic violations of state power. But this all-pervasive institutional erosion has deepened political polarization and shattered public trust, making it clear that elections alone cannot deliver democratic legitimacy without sustained constitutional fidelity, political inclusiveness, transparent institutions, and systemic respect for fundamental rights.
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@CommissionerHR @EURightsAgency @Europarl_EN @volker_turk @UNHumanRights @HRCP87 @humanrights1st @HumanR

[Somali Human Rights Defenders Network @sohriden]

There is no peace without justice. Justice is not a legalistic administrative norm in fragile governments and post-conflict transitions as currently done in the Somali federal and state governance architecture. It is the bedrock of social trust, legitimate governance, human dignity and peaceful coexistence.
Peace is fragile, volatile and ultimately superficial where residents experience systemic discrimination, persistent impunity, the arbitrary exercise of authority, institutionalized corruption or unequal treatment before the law.

In Somalia, the move from decades of conflict to a permanent constitutional order, demands an understanding that state legitimacy is closely related to the uncompromised administration of justice.
If one looks to ground reality in Mogadadishu specifically , you will immediately notice that land acquisition and the plight of the vulnerable.
High-sounding frameworks and constitutional clauses may speak of government and rights, but the lived reality of ordinary Somalis is a sad story of dispossession.
Today it is an unceasing flood of predatory land grabs in urban centers and rural peripheries. The land is the object of a ruthless war between corrupt governments, compromised ministries and cut-throat merchants, who with absolute impunity seize ancestral lands and dislodge defenseless families.
Old moms and helpless children cry out in the dust of their razed homes, day and night, their voices echoing through the streets of greed. Yet the halls of power remain deaf to their plight.

This land grab is not only an economic crime, but a basic moral failure.
Ministries that were meant to serve the public good have become clearing houses for elite enrichment. It is the business elites and the crooked politicians who conspire to rob the widows, orphans and marginalized populations of their only shelter and livelihood for concrete high-rises and speculative wealth.

Looking with the lenses of Universal Norms and Human Rights Standards, Somali Government is not even aware of that
Justice is seen as a universal condition for the development of human beings in different theological, moral and international law systems. In the Islamic legal tradition (Sharia) which is a core pillar of the Somali provisional constitution, principles of Alcadaala  (justice), shura (consultation) and amanah (trust) prohibit tyranny, favoritism and abuse of public office.

Islamic jurisprudence specifically prohibits the unauthorized taking over of people’s land (Dhul-Dhac). Legitimacy of administration in Somalia should thus be measured not in terms of political rhetoric, clan-based power-sharing formulas or religious claims but by the extent to which public authorities respect equality, accountability and the rule of law. No officer or organization can invoke a particular identity, clan allegiance or religious mandate to excuse itself from the basic demands of justice.

From an international human rights perspective, equality before the law, non-discrimination, due process, accountability and access to justice are fundamental rights which are non-negotiable.
Public institutions are there to serve the Somali people in their entirety, not to prop up narrow political interests, personal networks, clientelist clan alliances or privileged economic elites

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[ISBAHEYSIGA XAQSOOR & HAYBAD QARAN @Xaqsoor_HaybadQ]

Dalkeenna wuxuu mudan yahay hoggaan mideeya shacabka, soo celiya kalsoonida iyo haybadda qaranka, xaqiijiya xasilloonida, isla markaana Soomaaliya ka dhiga mar kale ilayska rejada ee gobolka.