Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online

<p>Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as well as rights groups</p><p>A rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught the public’s attention and provoked outrage in the country.</p><p>Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old nursing graduate, was originally charged with insulting government institutions and incitement to commit a crime, but convicted only of the former. Her sentence, immediately condemned as “fundamentally unjust”, was handed down on 25 June.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/26/woman-sadia-moalim-ali-three-year-jail-sentence-somalia-online-comments-governement">Continue reading...</a>