UN experts brand Somalia president’s removal of chief justice a direct assault on judicial independence
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 13, 1 of them from Somalia.
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – In language of unusual severity, United Nations independent experts have condemned President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s abrupt dismissal of Somalia’s Chief Justice, Bashe Yusuf Ahmed, as a “blatant interference with the independence of the judiciary,” and have placed the full weight of their authority behind the Supreme Court’s subsequent ruling that both the…
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1 outlet from Somalia, where the story is: Somali Guardian · how we count
- Nov 13, 3:43 PM UTCFirst reportUN experts condemn dismissal of Somalia’s Chief Justice, warn of threats to judicial independencehorseedmedia.net ↗
- Nov 14, 7:11 AM UTC+15 h· you’re reading thisUN experts brand Somalia president’s removal of chief justice a direct assault on judicial independencesomaliguardian.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 14, 7:11 AM UTC · +15 h
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same UN experts' condemnation of the Somali Chief Justice's dismissal, and nothing in it contradicts Report 1.
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