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news The Guardian World 2026-06-26

Somali Woman Jailed Three Years for Criticizing Government Online, Sparking Outrage

A 27-year-old Somali woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for criticizing the government on social media, a conviction that has drawn widespread condemnation from former officials and rights groups as fundamentally unjust.

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