The new bill "risks legitimising child marriage, among other alarming practices, and must be prevented from passing into law," UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said this week, warning that its passage would "send a worrying signal to other states in the region."
As Somalia prepared to mark International Youth Day today, Elman tweeted this week: "I don't wanna see any Somali officials participating online to celebrate... when you're trying to steal their childhood away from them RIGHT NOW with the intercourse bill legalising child marriage." The UN mission to Somalia in a separate statement has called the new bill "deeply flawed" and urged parliament to re-introduce the original one.
"Big moment for MPs to decide Somalia's future values," the British ambassador to Somalia, Ben Fender, has tweeted.
No doubt males run the country, pedophiles
Melbourne is looking colourful 😂
Its their culture so it will be allowed.... whether other cultures think its right or so very wrong....
And yet we continue to import these incompatible cultures into our society.
Education badly needed
Male voters i bet...
Disgusting!!!!!!
Tragic, truly tragic. No respect or protection for the young women involved.
outcry?! consider a lebabnon like blast in the parliament!
Anyone who votes for this should be hogtied...I’d like to say something stronger but I would get twitter banned