Alkarama and the Djiboutian League for Human Rights (LDDH) deplore the decision of the Tribunal of Djibouti City, which sentenced, on 4 October 2015, Abdoulkarim Djama Guedi, Hamze Reyeh Hassan, Yahye Elmi Younis, Ibrahim Hassan Abdi and Said Ali Miguil to a conditional one year prison sentence for an alleged "illegal demonstration". Alkarama and the LDDH also express concern about the arbitrary detention of these people, as well as of Mahamoud Robleh Miré, subject to an acquittal on the same day, in violation of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Alkarama and the Djiboutian Human Rights League (LDDH) reiterate their 22 September call on the Djiboutian authorities to release opposition members arrested by the police on 18 September 2015, during a peaceful demonstration in the southwestern city of Dikhil. Currently detained at the Gabode prison, these people had their bail request rejected by the prosecutor of Djibouti during their hearing on 27 September. The victims, detained for peacefully expressing their opinions, are denied the right to a lawyer, doctor and visits. They will appear again in court on 4 October 2015.

On 22 September 2015, Alkarama and the Djiboutian League for Human Rights (LDDH) sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (SR FPAA) regarding the arbitrary arrest of several people by the gendarmerie during repression launched on 18 September 2015, which affected many peaceful demonstrators and political opponents in the south-western city of Dikhil. Arrested in violation of their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, these people are at risk of going to prison for having publicly voiced their views, and in particular for their public opposition to the government.

On the occasion of its 114th session, that took place in June and July 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRCtee) adopted the report of the Special Rapporteur for follow-up on Concluding observations on the initial report of Djibouti. Composed of independent experts, the HRCtee guarantees the proper implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) binding on Djibouti by virtue of its accession in November 2002. On the basis of an alternative report by Alkarama and the Djiboutian Observatory for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights (ODDH) submitted to the HRCtee in January 2015, the UN experts found that Djiboutian authorities had not implemented its priority recommendations.