"The strengthening of the UN Political Office for Somalia"; the addition to the mandate of Amisom (the peace mission for Africa) and other future peacekeeping missions of the UN, the "protection of civilians and human rights, including the power to investigate any violation"; "a stricter enforcement of the embargo on weapons to Somalia". These are the requests that have been submitted today by Amnesty International, at the end of a conference in Nairobi, during which the association gave a report on the serious humanitarian crisis going on in Somalia, where, stated Michelle Kagari, deputy director of the Africa program of Amnesty, "civilians are murdered, tortured and raped; pillaging is widespread, and entire villages are destroyed". "The testimonies collected by Amnesty denounced Kagari suggest these are veritable war crimes and maybe even crimes against humanity, committed by all the parties involved in the conflict: Ethiopian soldiers, forces of the Federal Transition Government (FTG) and armed groups. However, no one is called to answer for that". According to Amnesty, Somali refugees in the country are one million, refugees abroad are hundreds of thousands, civilians murdered over the last year are at least 6 thousand.
