Yousuf v Samantar

Somali War Criminal Liable for Crimes Against Humanity

Pamela Merchant | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Immigration, Somalia, Human Rights, Safe Haven, Torture, Yousuf v. Samantar, Mohamed Ali Samantar, World News
Pamela Merchant

Just days ago, Somali General Samantar appeared in a federal court and did something that no high-ranking person from the former military dictatorship of Siad Barre has ever done -- he accepted liability for human rights abuses.

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Is There a War Criminal Living in Your Backyard?

Pamela Merchant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Torture Victim Protection Act, Mohamed Ali Samantar, Center for Justice and Accountability, Yousuf v. Samantar, Politics News
Pamela Merchant

If you live in our nation's capitol, one of your neighbors is Mohamed Ali Samantar, the former Minister of Defense for Somalia under the brutal Siad Barre regime. Is he above U.S. law?

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