British charity urges Somalia to protect teens from execution

British charity Save the Children urged the Somali government on Friday to intervene after a military court sentenced four teenage boys to death over their involvement with armed groups. Authorities in the north-central city of Galkayo arrested six teenagers in October 2020 and a military court last month sentenced four of the boys – now aged between 16 and 18 – to death, while the remaining two were sentenced to 30 and 20 years in jail, the group said. “We are deeply concerned at these sentences. Sentencing adolescents to death and long-term imprisonment – regardless of their crime – does not…

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