{"id":13895,"date":"2013-06-03T14:25:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T18:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanrightsleague.com\/?p=13895"},"modified":"2013-06-03T14:25:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T18:25:58","slug":"djibouti-detention-of-refugees-and-fear-of-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightsleague.org\/?p=13895","title":{"rendered":"Djibouti: Detention of Refugees and Fear of Deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HRLHA Urgent Action<\/h2>\n
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May 30, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) would like to express its deep concern regarding the current situation of nine Ethiopian refugees arrested and detained in the neighboring country of Djibouti.<\/p>\n

According to HRLHA correspondent in Djibouti, the nine Ethiopian refugees (listed below) were arrested on the 22nd<\/sup> of May, 2013 in front of the UNHCR Office, Djibouti branch, where they had been for the renewal of their refugee identification cards. Until the time of the issuance of this URGENT ACTION, families and friends of those refugees have not been able to see and\/or communicate with them since they were arrested and detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
S. No<\/td>\nNAME<\/td>\nUNHCR ID No.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nIzadin Madad Mahamed<\/td>\n479 \u2013 09C00243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nAbdallah Adil Mohamed<\/td>\n719\/3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAyelech Gelaw Abebew (Female)<\/td>\n479 \u2013 13C00019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAhmed Hassen Abdi<\/td>\n479 \u2013 12C00395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTadelech Adnew Abayneh<\/td>\n479 \u2013 12C00412<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nGalil Ahmed Zaimed<\/td>\n479 \u2013 11C00263<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTruneh Tesema Sisay<\/td>\n479 \u2013 12C00072<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nAbdi Yasin Abden<\/td>\n_______<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nMohamed Amin Hassen<\/td>\n________<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Among the nine refugees, Mr. Abdallah Adil Mohamed is said to have been waiting for his appointment date, which is the 30th<\/sup> of May, 2013, with the Canadian Consulate in Djibouti for an immigration interview. The HRLHA has also learnt through its correspondent that the detained refugees have gone on hunger strike as of May 27, 2013, presumably as a result of extreme frustration. Based on related past experiences and the involvement of Ethiopian security agents in the arrest and detention of those refugees, there is a high level of fear that the government of Djibouti might deport the detained refugees back to Ethiopia,.<\/p>\n

The current hot weather of Djibouti added to the detained refugees\u2019 going on hunger strike, makes the safety and wellbeing of those refugees very questionable.<\/p>\n

Therefore, HRLHA calls up on the government of Djibouti to unconditionally release the detained Ethiopian refugees from detention. We also request that the government of Djibouti abide by all relevant international laws, treaties, and agreements, and allow those and all other refugees currently staying in its country to go on with their immigration processes with all protection and security that they are entitled to. We also call up on all regional and international human rights and diplomatic agencies to put necessary pressures on the Djibouti Government so that the detained refugees would be released immediately.<\/p>\n

Recommendation: <\/b><\/p>\n

v\u00a0 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to the Djibouti Government, concerned Djibouti officials and \u00a0to diplomatic representatives in \u00a0Djibouti who are accredited to your country as swiftly as possible, in English,\u00a0 In French \u00a0Language, or your own language expressing:<\/p>\n

v\u00a0 Your concern regarding the possibility of \u00a0apprehension and fear of torture of the citizens who are being held in\u00a0 detention centers; and calling for their immediate and unconditional release;<\/p>\n

v\u00a0 \u00a0Urging the Djibouti authorities to ensure that these detainees would be treated in accordance with the regional and international standards on the treatment of prisoners,<\/p>\n

v\u00a0 Abide to the International Conventions of the refugees and asylum seekers not to return a person to a place where they face torture or ill-treatment.<\/p>\n