The Somali government on Wednesday began the prosecution of the secretary-general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) Abdalle Ahmed Mumin who continues to face severe restrictions since October last year.
Abdalle Mumin was presented before the Banadir Regional Court in Mogadishu with his lawyers, media representatives and a dozen journalists. Several members of the Somali Federal Parliament and civil society groups have joined the court hearing which commenced at 11:00am Somalia time.
Mumin’s defense lawyers strongly objected to the case as they clearly stated it as ‘a politically-motivated’ with no legal basis.
