May 2014

Meriam Ibrahim Gives Birth in Omdurman Women’s Prison in Khartoum: Incarcerated Family of Three Denied Medical Care By Prison Authorities Despite Sudanese International and Constitutional Obligations

SIHA STATEMENT, 27 MAY 2014 Sentenced on 15 May 2014 to one-hundred public lashings and execution by hanging on baseless charges of adultery and apostasy, Meriam Ibrahim, who remains in shackles in Omdurman Women’s Prison in Khartoum, gave birth last night to a baby girl. As Meriam has just given birth, the situation has become …

Meriam Ibrahim Gives Birth in Omdurman Women’s Prison in Khartoum: Incarcerated Family of Three Denied Medical Care By Prison Authorities Despite Sudanese International and Constitutional Obligations Read More »

Urgent Action Needed: Innocent Sudanese Mother Will Face Public Flogging and Execution, SIHA Condemns Today’s Ruling in Haj Yousif Court in Khartoum

SIHA STATEMENT, 15 MAY 2014, KHARTOUM: In a shocking decision that the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) strongly condemns, Meriam Ibrahim, the 27-year-old pregnant Sudanese women charged with apostasy and adultery, was given a sentence today of 100 lashings and execution by hanging at the Haj Yousif Court Complex in …

Urgent Action Needed: Innocent Sudanese Mother Will Face Public Flogging and Execution, SIHA Condemns Today’s Ruling in Haj Yousif Court in Khartoum Read More »

Pregnant Sudanese Woman Faces Public Flogging and Execution If Convicted of Apostasy and Adultery in Khartoum Court

SIHA STATEMENT – 08 MAY 2014 – Sudan: Meriam Ibrahim, a 27-year-old Sudanese woman currently pregnant with her second child, is facing punishments of public flogging and execution if found guilty on baseless charges of apostasy and adultery in an upcoming hearing to be convened by Sudan’s Criminal Court at the Haj Yousif court complex …

Pregnant Sudanese Woman Faces Public Flogging and Execution If Convicted of Apostasy and Adultery in Khartoum Court Read More »

Somali Humanitarian Worker Nafisa Osman Salad Murdered in Mogadishu: Somalia Security Vacuum Continues to Threaten Humanitarians, Human Rights Defenders and the General Population

SIHA STATEMENT – 07 May 2014 – Somalia: Nafisa Osman Salad, a humanitarian worker in her early twenties about to begin employment at Digfer Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia was recently murdered by suspected al-Shabaab gunmen less than one kilometer away from her family home in Mogadishu.. The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of …

Somali Humanitarian Worker Nafisa Osman Salad Murdered in Mogadishu: Somalia Security Vacuum Continues to Threaten Humanitarians, Human Rights Defenders and the General Population Read More »

Anti-Pornography Act – Human Rights Activists and Civil Society Organisations Challenge the Legality of the Act in Constitutional Court – Uganda

A group of individuals and organisations, including the Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention, Women’s Organisation Network for Human Rights Advocacy, Prof. Sylvia Tamale, Ms. Sarah Kihika, Ms. Lilian Drabo, Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, Uganda Health and Science Press Association and Human Rights Network for Journalist Uganda, today filed a petition in Constitutional …

Anti-Pornography Act – Human Rights Activists and Civil Society Organisations Challenge the Legality of the Act in Constitutional Court – Uganda Read More »