Woman jailed in Somalia for peaceful protest ‘stripped, kicked and beaten’
In an exclusive interview from prison, Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, tells of her treatment after being arrested for demonstrating against the government
A woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards.
Sadia Moalim Ali, 27, told the Guardian she was stripped naked by two male guards in a room monitored by CCTV, kicked, beaten with a baton and left for two days in a small cell without food.

Reading that sadia Moalim Ali, 27, told the Guardian she was stripped naked by two male guards in a room monitored by CCTV, kicked, beaten with a baton and left for two days in a small cell without food — hard to argue with the logic there.
What stands out is a woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards. That is the part worth paying attention to.
So the bottom line is a woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards. Wonder how this will land.
The fact that sadia Moalim Ali, 27, told the Guardian she was stripped naked by two male guards in a room monitored by CCTV, kicked, beaten with a baton and left for two days in a small cell without food really puts things into perspective.
Considering a woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
On one hand in an exclusive interview from prison, Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, tells of her treatment after being arrested for demonstrating. But at the same time a woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards.
When you look at a woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards, the implications are hard to ignore.
Considering in an exclusive interview from prison, Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, tells of her treatment after being arrested for demonstrating, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
If sadia Moalim Ali, 27, told the Guardian she was stripped naked by two male guards in a room monitored by CCTV, kicked, beaten with a baton and left for two days in a small cell without food, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Sadia Moalim has been pushing this agenda for a while now.