CAHDI party’s concern at constitutional tampering in Somalia's risks democratic development, cautions LI Bureau

CAHDI party’s concern at constitutional tampering in Somalia’s risks democratic development, cautions LI Bureau

10/03/2023

The bureau of Liberal International is alarmed at reports by its member party, CAHDI, of the Government of Somalia’s aim to change the constitution in order to maintain its hold on power.

In solidarity with our full member party the CAHDI Party, we are concerned that the President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s wider alliance includes extreme elements, risking deviation from Somalia’s aim of a fully democratic transition.

We support CAHDI’s insistence that President Hassan to uphold the existing constitutional term timeline in order to maintain a stable, predictable democratic trajectory for his country with a clear vision to restore public trust through democratic means. We further expect the government to reject the influence and appointments of radical elements risks destabilising and dividing his country further at a time when a devastating drought that has forced the displacement of over 1 million Somalis must be one of the government’s top priorities.

Image: Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Credits: US Institute of Peace (2016), https://www.flickr.com/photos/usipeace/26484148152

LI bureau celebrates Democrats’ victory in the US senate over Trump’s authoritarian politics

04/11/2026

The Liberal International bureau applauds the victory of the Democratic Party of the United States in securing majority control of both houses of the United States Congress as the results of the 2026 mid-term election results become clear.

U.S. Midterm Elections

Joint Statement for the International Day of Political Prisoners

30/10/2026

On this International Day of Political Prisoners, Liberal International joins other human rights and political organisations in standing together to affirm a simple truth: no one should be imprisoned for speaking freely, standing up for their beliefs, or exercising their fundamental rights.

International Day of Political Prisoners

Human Rights groups raise alarm over ethnically motivated abuses in Sudan

22/10/2026

In a joint submission ahead of Sudan's fourth Universal Periodic Review (Session 54, January 2027), Liberal International (LI), along with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), exposes a pattern of ethnically motivated attacks against the Fur, Zaghawa, Massalit and other non-Arab groups in Darfur and Kordofan.

Sudan