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News: Ex-Somali region president pleads not guilty to all charges
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, October 30/2019 – At hearing which resumed today at the federal high court Lideta Branch, 4th criminal bench, Abdi Muhamud Omer a.k.a Abdi Iley, ex-president of Somali regional state, pleaded not guilty to all counts brought to him by federal prosecutors. At a hearing held on …
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News: Ex-Somali region president says he drops his defense team, accuses federal court of bias
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, August 09/2019 – Ex-Somali region president Abdi Muhamud Omer a.k.a Abdi Iley, told judges at the federal high court 4th criminal bench today that he is no longer continuing his trial with his defense team because the judges and prosecutors handling his trial were not allowing …
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News: Court orders the police to bring absent defendants in ex-Somali president file; translators no show despite court order
Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, February 27/2019 – Judges at the federal high court 4th criminal bench have ordered the police to bring either bring the 41 defendants being tried in absentia along with ex-Somali region president Abdi Muhamud Omer a.k.a Abdi Iley. and five others or present irrefutable evidence justifying …