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Angry protestors marched in the streets of Hargeisa to denounce court ruling
(Sh.M.Network)-Hundreds of angry people,including women and kiddies have marched through the streets of Hargeisa on Thursday to denounce a military court ruling by Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland, reports said.Waving banners written anti-Court ruling slogans and chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is great), the crowd burnt tyres in the main streets in Hargeisa to show their annoyance against the ruling and demand the release of the defendants. A military court in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 28, 17 of them to death while 5 others in life in prison for attacking a military base over a land dispute one day earlier. The court in Somaliland's capital convicted the 17 on Wednesday, saying the defendants confessed to attacking soldiers during Tuesday's confrontation. Yusuf Mohammed, an elder said during comments on the issue that his clan is not satisfied Somaliland's military court decision, saying the decision was reached in haste. According to the prosecution, the 17 have no chance to appeal their death sentences. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-18 |
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