Judge assails prosecutors in Somali pirate case
WASHINGTON — The federal judge overseeing the case of a Somali man accused of negotiating a ransom payment during a 2008 pirate takeover of a Danish merchant ship told prosecutors they had engaged in “inexcusable behavior,” and suggested they will have a hard time winning a conviction.U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle was furious when prosecutors […]
Somaliland: Release prisoner of conscience, Amnesty International Public Statement
12 July 2012 AI Index: AFR 52/007/2012 Amnesty International is calling on the Somaliland authorities to immediately and unconditionally release elder Boqor Osman Mohamoud Buurmadow, a prisoner of conscience. Amnesty International is also urging the Somaliland authorities to quash the conviction against him, after he was sentenced on 8 July to one year’s imprisonment after conviction for “insulting […]
Somaliland justice falters on the case of Boqor Osman Buurmadow
By Bashir Goth Boqor Osman Aw Mahmoud, Buurmadow, is languishing in jail for the fourth month in a case that exposed the faltering and inept system of Somaliland justice. In four months, the government prosecutor could not build a plausible case against Boqor Osman and couldn’t bring credible people other than government officials […]
IN MEMORY OF DR. ABDISHAKUR JOWHAR – FRANTZ FANON OF THE SOMALI PEOPLE *
BY BASHIR GOTH “He lit up a room. If you can imagine the sun, his face was like the sun, that smile, the arm around your shoulder. He was just like a gentle giant, a very lovely man. He was like nobody I ever met.” Shannon Shaw, a ward clerk on psychiatry – Owen Sound, The […]
New Down in Africa and the Middle East
New Dawn in Africa and the Middle East They called us “the sleeping giant, but Is this the time of our awakening? Fifty plus years passed when colonial flags came down And colorful new Freedom flags were raised. How did we get so far behind? Did those who fought for Freedom, die in vain? Is […]