No information available on whether the civilian victims of conflict received reparations from the government as per the peace agreement.

No further developments observed.

No further developments observed.

No further developments observed.

It was reported that the government silenced the only opposition newspaper, Le Renouveau, for its news report “published on 1 February about a businessman who reportedly paid an indemnity to the national bank governor, who happens to be President Ismaël Omar Guelleh’s brother-in-law.”¹

Government restrictions on media continued. The U.S. State Departments reports opposition leaders self-censoring, limited freedom of assembly, and government crackdown of demonstrations.²

Government restrictions on media continued. The U.S. State Departments reports opposition leaders self-censoring, limited freedom of assembly, and government crackdown of demonstrations.³

The Djiboutian authorities shut down the Radio France Internationale’s (RFI) on January 14, 2005 for its reporting on an ongoing French legal inquiry into the 1995 death in Djibouti of Bernard Borrel, a French judge.⁴

According to reports, the Djiboutian government restricted freedom of the press and freedom of assembly in 2004.⁵

According to a news report, Daher Ahmed Farah, editor of the newspaper “Le Renouveau” was arrested in Djibouti on the morning of 20 April 2003, and placed in solitary confinement at Gabode prison.⁶ As of 2003, Djibouti had not ratified the international covenant on civil and political rights.⁷