Children in Somalia are particularly vulnerable as they are recruited as child soldiers, denied access to education and killed or injured in indiscriminate attacks carried out in densely populated areas.
Somalia researcher Benedicte Goderiaux is available for interview by phone, ISDN or in London studios.
Amnesty International also has a 10 minute video B roll available for download. The footage contains images and interviews of children playing with toy guns in Mogadishu, children re-enacting fighting and children injured in Mogadishu Hospital.
The video can be viewed on You Tube here:
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY1iWWxd6yg
And downloaded here:
News Access Tape: https://adam.amnesty.org/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=136987
Script: https://adam.amnesty.org/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=137014
To request a copy Amnesty International’s latest briefing on Somalia or to arrange an interview please contact Amnesty International’s Africa press officer:
Katy Pownall
Tel: +44 207 413 5729 or +44 (0)7961 421 583
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