Jacaylbaro

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  1. It always happens in the Somali context .... from 1960 till now. We had the same situation in 2001 and it was pound to happen again. It is a transitional thing and will disappear once the final 3 parties are elected ... then everyone should line with one of the three.
  2. And anything with October is a failure for some reason .... let's hope not
  3. Great ,,, Somaliland is the home for the democratic world
  4. WASHINGTON-Will victims of distant genocides and crimes against humanity be allowed to continue using U. S. courts to seek justice against their persecutors, as well as the individuals and corporations that helped facilitate human rights violations across the globe? In a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Shell Oil is sending a shocking message: victims of mass atrocities should have no standing in our nation’s courts. The case, Kiobel v. Shell, concerns a group of Nigerian refugees living in the United States who sued Shell for helping Nigeria’s former dictator torture and kill environmentalists. Rather than simply deny the allegations, Shell is trying to deny the plaintiffs—and all victims of foreign human rights crimes—the right to seek justice in U.S. courts. Our courts, Shell argues, are powerless to hear claims that a foreign government slaughtered its own people in its own territory—even when the defendants who committed or financed these crimes find refuge in this country. For victims of human rights abuses, the stakes couldn’t be higher. For decades, U.S. courts have given survivors what repressive regimes back home denied them: a chance to confront their abusers, seek truth, and obtain a measure of justice. I know because I am one of these survivors. As a young businessman in Somalia in the early 1980s, I was tortured by the former SiadBarre regime. Accused of treason for the “crime” of volunteering in a civil society group, I was bound by ropes in excruciating positions, suffocated with water, and electrocuted. I spent most of the next seven years in solitary confinement in a small, windowless cell. After my release, the United States gave me asylum. But it also gave me something that victims could not dream of in Somalia—the chance to bring my persecutor to justice. In America, I discovered that General Mohamad Ali Samantar—the former Somali Minister of Defense who exercised command and control over my torturers—was living in comfortable retirement in a Virginia suburb. My lawyers at the Center for Justice and Accountability, a San Francisco-based human rights organization, helped me and other survivors bring a case against Samantar. In 2010, we fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court—and won. Samantar was denied immunity for his crimes, and in August 2012, a trial judge ordered him to pay $21 million to his victims. The judgment sent a clear message: there will be no safe haven in the United States for human rights abusers. Our case against General Samantar is the latest in a long line of precedents brought under a 200 year-old law—the Alien Tort Statute—that allows victims to sue in federal court for violations of international law. In 2004, the Supreme Court upheld that law. But now Shell is asking the Court to ignore that precedent and roll back decades of progress in human rights. I fear that our case—which has become a beacon for ending impunity in modern-day Somaliland— will be the last of its kind. Shell claims that human rights do not belong in U.S. courts. If the Court accepts Shell’s arguments, U.S. law will no longer give survivors of foreign genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity the right to hold perpetrators accountable. But Shell is wrong. Mass atrocities are the business of our courts. International human rights violations know no borders. Cases like Samantaror Kiobel are not aboutdistant crimes in far-away lands. They are almost always about American lives. They are about the war criminal next door, seeking to escape responsibility for his past. They are about the torture survivor whose business suit, doctor’s coat, or factory uniform conceals her scars. And they are about the rogue company whose offices in America reap profits from abuses overseas. Shell’s lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to shut the courthouse doors on these cases. I have faith that the Court will hold those doors open. We must not avert our eyes to the human rights abusers living among us and deny victims their day in court. BasheYousuf, a torture victim from Somalia, was among plaintiffs who won a $21 million lawsuit against his Somali torturer in Federal Court. Source: americaswire.org/drupal7/?q=content%2Fshell-oil-presses-supreme-court-deprive-torture-victims-justice-0
  5. The Hybrid Solutions Group subsidiary in Somaliland is Horn of Africa Facilities Management Ltd. A Somaliland registered company owned by Hybrid Solutions and Maritime Integrated Services Ltd has been awarded sole Recognised Security Organisation Status by the Republic of Somaliland. Horn of Africa Facilities Management Limited is the sole security company in Somaliland authorised by the National Intelligence Agency and Ministry of Interior to provide armed security services in the republic. Now the company has been awarded the sole RSO status under the terms of the International Ships and Ports Security Code. The company is specifically tasked with the implementation of Best Management Practice 4, BMP4. Hybrid though HOA Facilities Management has ongoing operations in Somaliland and offices in Hargeisa and the Port of Berbera. Our Somaliland Hub affords the Hybrid Solutions Group reach into the greater Somali region through our extensive network of Somali speakers. Any enquiries regarding BMP4 and ISPS Compliance in Somaliland and around the Horn of Africa should be directed to: Maritime@Hybridsolutions.co
  6. Soodigii Shabaabkii aad lahayd lagama saari karayana laga eryaday meesha ,,,,,, sheekadaa soo xidh niyow
  7. Xaaji naga daa dee ,,, sheekadaa kismaayo way dhamaateee ..
  8. Chimera;876744 wrote: A Somali man in his 40s asked where could find a marfish. I said 'over there at that house', then walked away and watched from a distance. He walked straight into a hagbad session haha, a real lolocaust! :D ,,, That is a good stress relief
  9. 15 minutes till the beginning of the weekend ,,,,,,,,,,, but I guess I'll stay an hour longer just to finish some stuff
  10. Turning the cities into big prisons do not work ,,, and that is not how the security is dealt with. Even Israel did not manage to stop the Palestinian suicide bombers with all the barriers, vehicle scans and everything. The best thing is to win the hearts and mind of the people, you are surely safe from anyone.
  11. Salaam All ,,,, Juxa, you are a good girl. I like helping people even if they are crazy ,,,, Was invited to this Meher of a friend ,,,, sneaked out of the office, went there ,,,, Qof keliya waan ka garan waayay the whole crowd ,,, too few pictures and left ,,,
  12. She should not go near him ,,,,, Imagine standing next to Alpha in real life ??
  13. waar XX was sleeping these days ,,,,, that was his job you know