Somalia sends alleged rape victim to jail   Mogadishu - Somalia
on Tuesday jailed for one year a woman who said she was raped by
security forces and a journalist who interviewed her, saying
they were guilty of insulting the state.  “We sentence her for
offending state institutions by claiming she was raped,” judge
Ahmed Adan told the court in the capital Mogadishu.  “She will
spend one year in prison after finishing the breastfeeding of
her baby.”  Freelance journalist Abdiaziz Abdinuur, who is
already in detention, was to begin serving his sentence
immediately. - AFP  To the top  ©Independent Online   Terms | 
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