Ali Luul Osman

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Charge:	Slander (including making false accusations)
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.1
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Somalia
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City of Crime:	Mogadishu
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ali Luul Osman and Abdiaziz Abdinur, the freelance journalist who interviewed her about her gang rape that involved men in military uniform, were wrongly convicted on February 5, 2013 in Somalia for making fale accusatinos and "insulting a government body." The interview was never published. They were both sentenced to one year in prison. Osman's sentence was stayed since she was breastfeeding her child. After an appeal hearing Osman's conviction was overturned in early March 2013, and Abdinur's sentence was reduced to six months from one year. On March 17, 2013 Somalia's High Court overturned Adbinur's conviction and ordered his immediate release, in ruling there was "no evidence to support [Mr Abdinur's] charges.""
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Innocence Proved By:	Ali Luul Osman and Abdiaziz Abdinur's convictions were overturned on appeal.
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Somalia: Court Grants Freedom for Alleged Rape Victim, Journalist Still Jailed, Story from GaroweOnline.com, Allafrica.com, March 3, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://allafrica.com/stories/201303040158.html
Information Source 2:	"Somali Woman Sentenced for “Falsely Accusing” Security Personnel of Rape, By Hannah Stewart (reporter, Africa), ImpunityWatch.com, February 6, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://impunitywatch.com/somali-woman-sentenced-for-falsely-accusing-her-attackers/
Information Source 3:	"Somali journalist jailed after interviewing rape victim is freed, By Mike Pflanz (reporter, Nairobi), The Telegraph (London), March 18, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/9937604/Somali-journalist-jailed-after-interviewing-rape-victim-is-freed.html
Information Source 4:	"The dangers of reporting rape in Somalia -- Alleged rape victims and journalists have been jailed after convictions they say are politically motivated, By Hamza Mohamed, Aljazeera.com, December 9, 2013"
Information Location 4:	http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/12/dangers-reporting-rape-somalia-20131261475333929.html
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Ali Luul Osman

Charge:

Slander (including making false accusations)

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.1

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Somalia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Mogadishu

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Ali Luul Osman and Abdiaziz Abdinur's convictions were overturned on appeal.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Somalia: Court Grants Freedom for Alleged Rape Victim, Journalist Still Jailed, Story from GaroweOnline.com, Allafrica.com, March 3, 2013"

Information Location 1:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201303040158.html

Information Source 2:

"Somali Woman Sentenced for “Falsely Accusing” Security Personnel of Rape, By Hannah Stewart (reporter, Africa), ImpunityWatch.com, February 6, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://impunitywatch.com/somali-woman-sentenced-for-falsely-accusing-her-attackers/

Information Source 3:

"Somali journalist jailed after interviewing rape victim is freed, By Mike Pflanz (reporter, Nairobi), The Telegraph (London), March 18, 2013"

Information Location 3:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/9937604/Somali-journalist-jailed-after-interviewing-rape-victim-is-freed.html

Information Source 4:

"The dangers of reporting rape in Somalia -- Alleged rape victims and journalists have been jailed after convictions they say are politically motivated, By Hamza Mohamed, Aljazeera.com, December 9, 2013"

Information Location 4:

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/12/dangers-reporting-rape-somalia-20131261475333929.html

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