New Somali Government needs to address its overseas detained nationals more effectively

One of the main International priorities of the new incoming Somali Government should be addressing the growing crisis of Somalis Imprisoned Abroad.

From North America to Europe to Asia, there is growing number of Somalis going to prison due to different social problems, illegal immigration, piracy & terrorism Yet many have wrongly been profiled and imprisoned without charge or wrongly convicted.

According to the wishes of  the Somali communities in the diaspora, the new incoming government and its justice institution need to set up an effective platform to address the the growing number of Somalis falling into the wrong side of the criminal justice system.

New Year brings in a new hope to thousands of Somali Prisoners detained across the world.

With the dawn of a new year, and an incoming Somali government later in the month, there is a huge momentum in place in finally addressing the significant number of Somalis held overseas .

September last year saw Somali protesters expressing their outrage over reports emerging in India that 50 out of 119 detained Somalis suspected of being pirates could face the death penalty at the end of an ongoing trial. 

With a fast moving information world, Somalis living even in remote areas with access to Internet & digital radio frequency have become aware of the acute problems facing Somalis facing prisons overseas.

There is now a strong voice growing country wide to pressure the nations leadership to address effectively the outcry of the Somali Communities overseas and assist them more robustly the issue of Somali prisoners .

According to world wide prisoner's statistics around 3000-5000 Somalis are incarcerated around the world without any effective Somali Government consular assistance.