Rakiya Omaar

LLM usage October 10 2026 13:01 20261010130155 Rakiya Omaar (born 1956) is a Somali lawyer, human rights activist and writer. She was the founding director of Africa Watch, now part of Human Rights Watch, and later became a co-founder and director of African Rights. She has worked extensively on human rights, conflict, justice and humanitarian crises in Africa. Quotes "Being lucky implied a responsibility: to let the world know what was happening, so it could exert pressure to halt the atrocities." Justice for the Atrocities of the 1980s, SomaliTalk. "You can't have a democracy unless you have a civil society, and that is what has been destroyed." Can Battered Somalia Be Pieced Back Together?, The Washington Post. "Everybody keeps saying there is no government in Somalia. I'm not sure that's a bad thing when you look at some of the predatory clowns in power around Africa." Can Battered Somalia Be Pieced Back Together?, The Washington Post. "Africa's own silence makes racism easier." Somalia's Overshadowed Tragedy, The Washington Post. "The worst aspect of Monday's carnage was its predictability." Somali lawyer sacked for dissent, The Independent. External links Justice for the Atrocities of the 1980s — SomaliTalk Category:Human rights activists Category:Writers