Adam H.
Adam H. is an award-winning human rights journalist, human rights defender, and researcher specialising in indigenous and environmental rights, as well as the protection of marginalised groups such as women and children. His work focuses on advocating for justice, transparency, and equality in Somalia. Through his investigative work, Adam H. exposed the clandestine recruitment of child soldiers by Al-Shabaab, documenting the abduction of minors from their villages and other countries, their indoctrination, and their forced involvement in the group's violent activities. His reports attracted international attention but also provoked severe retaliation from extremist leaders, including a senior figure in Al-Shabaab's operations.
Somalia remains a highly insecure environment for human rights defenders (HRDs), journalists and humanitarian workers, in spite of the optimism generated by advances in the fight against Al Shabaab, an Islamist armed group that has been fighting government forces for years.
