The Importance Of Human Rights In Somalia

Many countries are facing torment by armed groups, and citizens are forced to displace and have to move out of countries. In fact, there are 60 million people lost their shelter and at least 36 countries where the armed groups are dramatically increasing and providing a serious impact on human rights (Cardwell, 2016). Therefore, most countries are lacking human rights which mean the rights that people have equal - no matter who they are, and where they from without discrimination (United Nation, n.d.). In 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech was spoken in his State of the Union message to Congress about Four Freedoms that become one of the most famous political speeches later (Pearson, 2015). These four freedoms indicate what human rights should be, including freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedoms from wants, and freedom from fear. At present, Somalia is considered as one of the least peaceful countries in the world. …show more content…
Most of Somalis are Sunni Muslim, and there are only a few numbers of Christian (Freedom House, 2016). According to U.S. Department of State (USDOS), both of constitutions of Somaliland and Puntland announced that Islam is the religion of the state. They ban Muslims to change their religion to other religions and also inhibit propaganda of any religions except Islam. The Islamist group, al-Shabaab, harass people who converting religion to another or support other faith, maimed and murdered them. For example, two members of the parliament were killed by the al-Shabaab group because of allowing Christianity in Somalia. Moreover, on February 9, Abdulahi Qayad Barre, one of the federal Member of Parliament was killed because of being a non-believer. In addition, al-Shabaab also arrested a member of al-Takfir, another organization which based on Gedo region (“Somalia 2014 International”, 2014). All of these cases are indicate that Somalia lacked freedom of