24 men involved in the r*pe of two young sisters in Lascanood, Sool, Somalia.

[Idilinaa]

Sorry but I have to disagree, Somali police during kacaan were mass rapists, so many stories of women in their custody raped, theres many old newspapers you can find with such cases

I don't agree it was normal or common tho

Civil servants just like civilians are capable of committing crimes, including rape. That’s not unique to Somalia, nor does it make it a state-sponsored or systematic issue.

Here are just a few recent examples from the UK alone:

https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/police-officer-sentenced-duty-sexual-offences

West Yorkshire Police officer guilty of raping woman

Benjamin Bottomley, of Halifax, committed the offence before he joined West Yorkshire Police.

www.bbc.com

https://www.surrey.police.uk/news/surrey/news/2025/Metropolitan-Police-officer-charged-with-sexual-offences/

Dozens of police officers convicted of crimes including rape and sexual assault since Sarah Everard's murder

Three years on from Sarah Everard's murder, Sky News investigates how many police officers have been convicted of crimes in the three years since.

news.sky.com

You can search this kind of misconduct for almost any country. But does that mean we label UK police as “mass rapists” or claim the British state is systematically enabling rape? No because that would be an exaggerated and unfair generalization.

The same principle applies to Somalia. Individual cases of abuse do not automatically equate to a state policy or institutional endorsement.

 

[Zak12]

@Idilinaa I agree with everything you said about the prevalence of sexual violence in Somalia but what are your thoughts on FGM? It is still a major abuse happening even if its not unique to Somalia.