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| Somali woman who alleged rape given jail term | |
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| A woman who accused Somalia's security forces of rape has been given a year jail term for making a false accusation and insulting a government body. | |
| The journalist who interviewed her about her alleged rape, but did not report the story, was also found guilty by a judge in the capital, Mogadishu. | The journalist who interviewed her about her alleged rape, but did not report the story, was also found guilty by a judge in the capital, Mogadishu. |
| Judge Ahmed Aden Farah said the woman would not go to jail immediately as she is caring for a young child. | |
| A BBC reporter in Mogadishu says there has been an angry reaction to the case. | |
| Many human rights groups and journalists say it is politically motivated, the BBC's Mohamed Mwalimu reports from Mogadishu. | |
| Judge Farah said the court based its decision on medical evidence that the woman was not raped. | |
| The woman had reported the alleged rape at a police station in Hodan, a district in Mogadishu where many displaced people live. | |
| "We sentence her for offending state institutions by claiming she was raped," the AFP news agency quotes the judge as saying. | |
| "She will spend one year in prison after finishing the breast feeding of her baby." | |
| The woman's husband and two others arrested over the case have been released. |