The President H.E. Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro has granted a general amnesty of pardon to 643 prisoners of minor cases hence give them freedom.
In a presidential decree with the reference JSL/XM/WM/222012/122024, the Head of State exercised his Executive Powers to issue the executive order on humanitarian grounds.
It is worth noting that those to be released are inmates who had been incarcerated for minor misdeamenor and associated cases.
Inmates of capital punishments and/or those with civil cases are not included in the order.
The orders would be seen through and implemented by the Attorney General’s office in conjunction with the prisons correctional department.
