Question 16583 — foreign policy

Summary

Mrs. Pascale Martin alerts the Minister of the Armed Forces about the rapes of Afar women, committed for more than twenty years by the Djiboutian army. On February 27, 2024, four Afar women were kidnapped in Ethiopia by the Djiboutian army. At the end of each clash between the army and the FRUD (front for the restoration of unity and democracy), the Djiboutian army attacks the civilian population and more particularly women. It was once again the case in Dawdawya on February 23, 2024. According to the Djiboutian Human Rights League (LDDH), many villagers, men and women are still detained to this day and completely illegally in an army camp. But on February 27, 2024, the Djiboutian army was not content, as it is accustomed to, to crack down on civilians inside Djiboutian territory. She crossed the Ethiopian border, entering up to 37 km into the Afar region, where it terrorized the inhabitants of the village of Arda, destroying homes and food. Djiboutian soldiers kidnapped several villagers, including four women, Awa Soumbou, Hasna Arbahim, Hawa Hanfaré and Ga'si Mohamed, who were immediately taken by force to Djiboutian territory. Questioned by the Femmes solidaires association, the MP echoes their great fear regarding the recurring actions of the Djiboutian army against women whose only crime is being women and Afar. Indeed, for several years, the government of Djibouti has been carrying out particular repression against women in the north and southwest of the country, with this violence being used as a weapon of war. Afar women from the north and southwest of the Republic of Djibouti ask the states militarily present in their country to denounce these crimes and finally act to put an end to the impunity of the perpetrators of violence against them. The MP asks the Government to act with the Djiboutian State to ensure that these crimes stop and that Afar women are protected by the Ethiopian authorities. She also denounces this borderless repression against Afar women and calls for the immediate release of the kidnapped women.

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