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Somalia: U.S. Jury Finds Former Colonel Responsible for Torture
VOA, 22 May 2019
A former colonel who served decades ago in the Somali National Army was convicted Tuesday in a U.S. court of being responsible for the torture of a teenager in 1987. Read more »
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Somalia: Ex-Army Officer Facing U.S. Civil Trial Over Human Rights Abuses
VOA, 16 May 2019
A resident of Virginia is the subject of a lawsuit accusing him of human rights abuses while he was a high-ranking officer during the brutal reign of former Somali dictator Mohamed… Read more »
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Somalia: Villager Travels to U.S. to Confront Army Chief He Says Tried to Kill Him
Radio Dalsan, 15 May 2019
Human rights abuses and atrocities committed in Somalia during the brutal 21-year reign of the dictator Siad Barre will come under scrutiny in a Virginia courtroom this week as a… Read more »