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Somali woman cleared in 'false rape' case
Source: BBC
3 March 2013 Last updated at 12:50 GMT
Somali woman cleared in 'false rape' case
A court in Somalia has dropped charges against a woman who was given a jail sentence after alleging she was raped by security forces.
She and a journalist who interviewed her were convicted a month ago by a Mogadishu judge on charges of offending state institutions.
The appeal court said the woman would be freed but the journalist who did not report the story would stay in jail.
Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, 25, had his sentence cut to six months.
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Somali woman cleared in 'false rape' case
A court in Somalia has dropped charges against a woman who was given a jail sentence after alleging she was raped by security forces.
She and a journalist who interviewed her were convicted a month ago by a Mogadishu judge on charges of offending state institutions.
The appeal court said the woman would be freed but the journalist who did not report the story would stay in jail.
Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, 25, had his sentence cut to six months.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21647203
