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details serious violations, including physical attacks, restrictions on movement and access to food and shelter, and clan-based discrimination against the displaced in Mogadishu from the height of the famine in mid-2011 through 2012. Interviews with 70 displaced people documented the ways in which government forces, affiliated militia, and private parties, notably camp managers known as “gatekeepers,” prey upon the vulnerable community. </div><div class="more"><a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/26/somalia-protect-displaced-people-risk">Read the Press Release</a></div><div class="more"><a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/03/28/hostages-gatekeepers-0">Read the Report</a><br> ISBN: 978-1-62313-0008</div> </div> </div> <div id="content-blocks"> <div id="block-tic-report_download" class="block"> <h6 class="block-title">Get the Report</h6> <div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/somalia0313_ForUpload.pdf">Download the full report</a> <span class="meta">(PDF, 1.96 MB)</span></li> <li class=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/somalia0313som_ForUpload.pdf">Download the summary and recommendations in Somali</a> <span class="meta">(PDF, 4.3 MB)</span></li> <li class="last last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130501055642/http://www.kintera.org/site/apps/ka/ec/product.asp?c=dhLOK6PGLoF&b=3444291&en=glIQJ3PSKeLUI9PLJkKZJgNYKiKUI5MUKqI7JoNaF&ProductID=1777136">Purchase the report in print</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div id="block-xslt_book-1" class="block"> <h6 class="block-title"></h6> <div class="item-list"><ul class="xslt-book"> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/1">Hostages of the Gatekeepers</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/2">Map 1: Somalia</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/3">Map 2: Districts of Mogadishu</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/4">Summary</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/5">Key Recommendations</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/6">Methodology</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/7">Background</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/8">Abuses against Internally Displaced People in Mogadishu</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/9">IDPs and Humanitarian Assistance under International Law</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/10">Government Response</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/11">Donor Governments and Humanitarian Actors</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/12">Recommendations</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/node/114360/section/13">Acknowledgments</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130501055642/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130501055642/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8585041/k.3E50/Donate_to_Defend_Human_RIghts/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-3"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130501055642/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - 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