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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is questioning whether a former prime minister of Somalia can be sued in U.S. courts for allegedly overseeing
killings and other atrocities.
Mohamed Ali Samantar was defense minister and prime minister of Somalia in the 1980s and early 1990s under dictator Siad Barre. But he now
lives in Virginia, and some of his victims have sued him under the Torture Victim Protection Act.
Samantar claimed immunity as a former foreign government official. His victims say that immunity doesn't count, because he is no longer a
Somali official, and that foreign immunity is for countries, not people.
Justices, however, wondered how they are supposed to draw a line between suing a country, and suing the people who act on behalf of
that country.
Source: AP
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Doollo Suugaan
Gumaadka dilka dhaca kufsiga ay
ciidamada Ethiopia ku hayaan shacabka Somali-galbeed ma'ahan wax loo dulqaadan karo. waxaa yidhi Eng: Ahmed mukhtar
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dhaqameedka ee ay London ku qabteen halkan ka dhageyso
isaga oo cod ah
