Date: 11-02-2012

Subject: Urgent action needed

Sir/Madam,

Waagacusub Freedom Foundation (WFF) is making this urgent statement to turn the attention on Ayanle Said Khalif and his wife Ruqiyo Mire Mumin who were tortured, illegally detained by the Somaliland police forces in Borama town.

Khalif is a supporter of newly announced Awdal State of Somalia, a regional state announced by the Somalis in Borama who are against the Somaliland’s secession from the rest of Somalia.

Ayanle was in jail for three months because of his believe that he is a Somali not a Somalilander, he was released this week and he was arrested after 48 hours when he gate interview to Waagacusub News network’s Online Radio and website.

Ayanle’s house was attacked Wednesday night, he was taken back to the jail, but the forces had beaten his wife Ruqiyo Mire Mumin until the fetus in her womb come out dead.

The Somaliland Police accused Khalif and his wife of having Somalia and Awdal State flags in their rooms and were announced as the enemies of Somaliland.

Khalif is in jail without legal charges, he is suffering with the heavy wounds caused by the forces the time they arrested him late night from his house, while his wife Mumin is suffering from the pain of the torture and the pain of the unusual delivery of the death fetus.

Ruqiyo Mumin can be reached from this mobile number +25224456742, while a neighbor is reachable from this number +19256593117 if Mumin’s phone is offline.

Mumin urgent medical assistant, while her husband Khalif needs urgent international intervention to get his freedom back.

Sincerely yours,

Nawal Isse

Chairman, WFF