SOMALIA: SOMALILAND TO EXECUTE DEATH PENALTY CASES

February 5, 2015: Somaliland government declared that it will soon execute all the legal verdicts on death penalty, which were issued by country's courts.
Deputy Minister for Security Affairs Ali Mohamed Elmi said around 70 people sentenced to death are currently in Somaliland's detention centres.
The minister noted, "All death sentences will be soon implemented by the government... This will be a good lesson to learn for those who claim that previous death penalty cases weren't applied and that those cases can't be enforced, and use this as a pretext to easily commit a homicide." (Sources: Somalilandsun, 11/02/2015)