Syrian Refugee and Wife Appeal to Ahmed al-Sharaa After Alleged Assault in Somaliland

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,

Your Excellency President Ahmad Al- Shar’a. We…

I am a Syrian citizen currently living as a refugee in the land of Somalia.

Today the military came to us twice, first they stormed our house,

they beat me and my children and my wife,

then they came back a second time as well,

they beat us again and took us to prison, they locked us up in prison,

without anything, they did not bring a paper…

they did not bring any paper from a court,

and they did not bring a summons from a police station or anything, just like that.

They came in on us, they attacked us, and there is a recorded video, documenting

everything, how they stormed the house.

They insulted us and beat us and imprisoned us, me and my wife and my children.

So I appeal to you,

Your Excellency the President, to find us… to find us a solution.

You would not accept that your own country’s children be humiliated and oppressed,

the oppression we feel is greater than the beating we took.

I beg you, Your Excellency the President, to find us a solution, what…

what can you do for us? We are Syrians and disabled, my wife and I,

my right leg is broken and my wife’s left leg is broken. So we…

I mean I am sixty- four years old,

and I was insulted and beaten by soldiers and civilians, and during the uprising…

with sticks. Beating, humiliation, a humiliation like no other.

And in jail, in the police station,

they also came into us in the police station, they beat us even in the

police station.

Do you accept that your Syrian people be humiliated with this kind of humiliation?

I beg you, I hope from you, Mr. President, that you find us a solution to

this matter, and that you tell us what to do, I implore you, Mr. President.

Peace be upon you and God’s mercy, Mr. President Ahmad Al- Shar’a.

I beg you with all my heart to stand with us in spirit, I am Yemeni…

a Yemeni woman married to a Syrian.

And today the Somalis came at us, they came into our home and beat us,

and beat my children and my husband. And they slapped me, me and everyone,

and they came into us while we were at home unveiled,

without asking permission or anything,

and they dragged my little ones, and they dragged my husband through the streets.

I beg you to stand with us as a president of the republic.