Report on the human rights situation in East and Horn of Africa region, presented at the 46th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, held between the 11th and the 25th of November 2009, in Banjul, The Gambia.
SOJOUD OMER AHMED ELGARRAI: “How his father’s ordeal made him more determined and committed to the cause.”
“Quite early in my career, when I was working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan, I experienced firsthand just how dangerous human rights work can be. Some of my colleagues and I were detained from 8am to 8pm, and we were interrogated for hours before being released. But that ordeal only made me more determined and committed to the cause, and over the years, I have faced repeated threats, intimidation and targeting due to my journalism work and human rights advocacy.”