Somalia's al-Shabab group urged to free human rights activist

Monday 19 April 2010 Alin Hilowle Hassan, director of Isha, a human rights organization in the Bay and Bakool region of southern Somalia, was captured at his home in Baidoa. The Somali armed opposition group al-Shabab must immediately free a human rights defender it captured last week and stop its relentless attacks on other activists, Amnesty International said on Monday. Alin Hilowle Hassan, director of Isha, a human rights organization in the Bay and Bakool region of southern Somalia, was captured at his home on the evening of 16 April by armed al-Shabab members in Baidoa, the region’s…

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