Mogadishu Domestic Service radio (in Somali) 1700 GMT
The National Security Court in Mogadishu today, 15 July, ordered the release of 45 people jointly charged under Article 18 of Penal Code Law 54 enacted on 10 September 1970. The 45, who had been charged with the preparation and dissemination of propaganda against the Somali nation, were released by the court which, having listened to prosecution witnesses and seen evidence against the accused, ruled that there was not sufficient evidence, and the accused should be released unless they were facing other charges.
Their names are:
- Mohamed Abshir Musa 1
- Ahmad Mohamed Darman
- Ibrahim Mohamed Abyan 2
- Ali Shideh Abdi
- Abdullahi Farah Ali
- Abdullahi Isa Yusuf
- Abdullahi Yusuf Egal
- Bashir Isa Ali
- Abdullahi Mahmud Hasan 3
- Abshir Kahiyeh Farah 4
- Kamal al-Din Haji Ali Hasan
- Abd al-Qadir Hashi Egal
- Abdi Idleh Shuriyeh
- Ali Husayn Gurac
- Hus Haji Mohamed Ghod
- Hasan Dimbil Warsame
- Jama Ali Jama 5
- Mohamed Mahmud Jama
- Mohamed Ahmad Abdulleh
- Abd-al-Aziz Nur Hirsi
- Mohamed Umar Jama 6
- Mahmud Haji Abdullahi Shirwa
- Mahmud Jama Mohame
- Ahmad Shaykh Qasim Abd
- Mahmud Salah Nur
- Abdi Mohamed (name indistinct)
- Hasan Gureyeh Karsheh
- Haji Musa Boqor Uthman
- Hashi Weheliych Mali
- Haji Uthman Ahmad Robleh
- Mahmud Gedi Mohamed
- Ahmad Rageh Abdi
- Mohamed Sa’id
- Mohamed Jama Doreh
- Boqor Abdullahi Boqor Musa Yusuf
- Sa’id Uthman Kenadid
- Mahmud Yusuf Adan
- Abdi Habib Farah Uthman
- Hirsi Haji Jama Isa
- Mireh Olad Awaleh
- Mohamed Haji Umar Hassan
- Abdullahi Mohamed Yusuf
- Umar Mohamed Guled
- Abd-al-Rahman Shaykh Nur Mohamed
- Baynah Barre Mohamed
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