Unconvicted prisoners should be released, speaker Jawari Says

The Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, Mohamed Sheikh Osman ‘Jawari’ called on branches of the justice department to release prisoners who have not been convicted.

Mr. Jawari said rights of Somali citizens should be upheld and therefore no Somali should stay locked up in jail if they have not been convicted of a crime.

The speaker urged the attorney general and other top officials in the judiciary to open proper cases regarding the prisoners.

“I urge the attorney general and the commissioner of prisons to look into the cases of prisoners who have not been convicted of a crime, we have to uphold the rights every Somali citizen,” Mr. Jawari said while speaking at the Central Prison in Mogadishu.

The speaker also urged the judicial system to be rebuilt, citing it to be one of the weakest sectors in the country.