Hargeisa prisoners start hunger strike today at 6pm. after delayed fasting food, due
to jail poor administration to have their fasting food on time .after that they set fire
their sleeping mattress. Mean while the Somaliland fire fighters control the fire set by
hunger prisoners
Fire fighters confirmed of the hunger striking, timed to coincide with the beginning of
first Ramadan, the holy Muslim month of fasting.. Though it is first time such events
takes place. .this is absolutely violation of fundamental human rights.missed food for
fasting.
Tonight it is a bad night for prisoners of central jail of Hargeisa, neither sleep nor
stand because they set fire their sleeping mattresses.
Prisoners’ hunger strikes are problematic because prisoners are in the custody of the
state. Prisoners fall under the responsibility of the state, and as such, the state is
entrusted with ensuring their health and lives. Prisoners’ hunger strikes inherently
present a fundamental challenge to this responsibility because they aim to deny the
state the ability to carry out its custodial responsibilities. On May 20, 2017. a
diabetic detainee known as Abdi Abdilahi has passed away after lacked proper
medical treatment in the central of Hargeisa.
Prisoners’ hunger strikes have become a matter of concern for many African
countries. The widespread and repeated nature of this situation, as well as its
influence on prisoners’ and detainees’ fundamental rights, have troubled human
rights scholars.
Therefore the Somaliland jail requires complete review of detainees’ fundamental
human right on case by case basis.
Human rights Activist
Ahmed Ali Abdi
Sareecan@gmail.com