Somali security forces fired last Sunday to disperse anti-Somali protesters gathered in a square in front of the Unknown Soldier memorial at # Mogadishu. The police used force to disperse the demonstrators, who were carrying banners opposing the extension of the Somali government, and fired machine guns in the air to intimidate them, and security forces deployed heavily in the square to prevent the demonstrators from returning to it..

Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights condemns this violent behavior, which constitutes a real obstacle to the right to peaceful protest in the country, and warns of deteriorating conditions due to any violent practices in the near future. The Maat Foundation calls on the Somali government to exercise restraint and allow the peaceful and free expression of the opposition, so that the country does not back down to further steps on the road to # democracy and freedom of opinion and expression.

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