In mid-March, two FIDH officials were expelled from the country despite having a visa. They were leading a field mission on the state of freedoms in Djibouti, in partnership with the League for Human Rights (LDDH) Following this incident, F IDH feared reprisals and repression against the LDDH.
Eventually, one of its leaders, lawyer Zakaria Abdillahi, was able to visit the France. "If you are not subservient to the regime, legally you do not exist," he says.