Somaliland Repudiates that it is releasing Prisoners of War captured in Lasanod Fighting

Protests Break Out in Somaliland Against the Release of Las Anod War Prisoners – Somali Dispatch

BURAO (SD) – Protests erupt in Burao city, Togdheer region, opposing social media reports claiming the Somaliland government will release prisoners captured during the Las Anod conflict. The protesting public demanded that if prisoners are to be released, Somaliland prisoners held in Las Anod city should be freed first. Protesters burned tires on the city’s main roads and threw stones at security forces who attempted to disperse them. Security f…

Somaliland Repudiates that it is releasing Prisoners of War captured in Lasanod Fighting

Somaliland gov’t on Thursday has strongly repudiated the news saying that the gov’t is releasing the prisoners of war that were captured in Lasanod fighting after reports were circulated on social media. The government in response to the protesters in Buroa took to the streets in defiance of the release of the prisoners hailing from Lasanod. The government said that inmates who committed minor offenses will be released on the occasion of May 18.…