Amnesty International: Female Activist Sadia Moalim Ali (27) Tortured in NISA Detention — Stripped, Beaten, Starved for Peaceful Protests

Amnesty International issued a call for the immediate and unconditional release of Sadia Moalim Ali, 27, a Somali female activist and public critic of the Mohamud administration who had been arrested on April 12, 2026 by Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) for her social media activism and participation in public demonstrations. The case was documented by Hiiraan Online on or around May 8, 2026. Moalim Ali — widely known as an outspoken female Bajaj (three-wheeler taxi) driver who used her platform to criticize government corruption, nepotism, and rising fuel prices — was transferred from NISA custody to Mogadishu Central Prison on April 14. Amnesty International documented her alleged torture: she was stripped naked in a CCTV-monitored room by male guards, beaten with a baton, kicked while face-down, and held in solitary confinement without food or toilet access for two days. The case is emblematic of a broader pattern documented by Amnesty and HRW during the political crisis period: NISA has arrested dozens of activists, journalists, and opposition figures since early 2026. The May 8 international exposure of Moalim Ali's case — occurring on the same day as Somalia's UPR review in Geneva and amid the broader protest wave sparked by the Dayniile eviction killings — placed the FGS under dual simultaneous human rights pressure: international institutional scrutiny at the UN and domestic public anger ahead of the May 10 showdown.