xasuuq/Dabargoyn/genocide

CANADIAN NETWORK ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIAPRESS RELEASE
Toronto, March 9, 199
Genocide!"We draw the attention of the World Community to the genocide being committed by the USC in Somalia. We draw the attention of the Canadians public to the systematic execution of thousands of innocent civilians for the simple reason that they belong to certain Tribes: Darod & Reer Mohamund Salah.Magnitude of the Genocide.Reports coming from Mombassa (Kenya) refugee camp paint horrible brutalities unprecedented in the history of Somalia. These reports are based on interviews with survivors of the genocide:1. In the 1st week of February, the U.S.C. rounded up, from Mogadishu,thousands of civilians, most of whom were professionals like doctors,Engineers, teachers, etc. and summarily executed them.2. Systematic gang rape on women3. The use of axes to execute the civilians4. forceful evictions of families from their homes5. Mass looting of the properties of the fleeing refugees.6. At the end of February, the U.S.C extended its brutal actions, to such towns as Afgoye, Merca, Brava, Jilib and Luuq Jelow where it waslearned that thousands more civilians were killed.7. On March 1st, U.S.C. Guerilla Forces entered Galgayo on a hit and run mission, thereby killing hundreds of elderly, women and children.8. The U.S.C. is also holding thousands more civilians as hostages.Some of the Victims In the Genocide:1. Prof. Ibrahim Abyan - Former president of the Somali National University2. Abdurahman Shiek Hassan (ISFIIL1TO) - Human rights Lawyer3. Hassan Hashi Fiqi . Lawyer/businessman4. Dr. Muhumed Mohamed Omer - Medical doctor5. Mohamed Gurey - Commercial pilot6. Nassir Abdullahi Jama - Commercial pilot7. Musa Yusef - Educator8. Prof. Abdulaziz Shiek Ismail9. Halima Ismail Qablan - Nurse10. Dr. Abdi Ahmed Tuuhe - U.N. Staff11. Abdullahi Haji Hashi Divie - businessman12. Bashir Mohamed Ali - Civil Servant13. Shiek Abdi Ciid - Community Leader14. Ahmed Jama Nur - Senior Somali Airlines official15. Bashir Mohamad Ali - Civil Servant16. Abdinoor Aden Mohamed - University StudentConsequences of the GenocideAs a result of these atrocities, about 700,000 to 1,000,000 civilians have fled from Mogadishu and its surrounding areas. The majority of these refugees are now in Kismayo, (pop. 160,000) near the border of Kenya. As Kismaayo is too small to contain this large scale influx of the people, the refugees are at the moment without the basic necessities of food and shelter. Some of them have already become so desperate that they are risking their lives and are crossing the ocean on unsafe, dingy boats. According to a CNN report of March 2, about 100 of these refugees have died in the sea when their boat sank near Mombassa.