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Somaliland poet gains freedom

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Somali poet Nacima Qorane, who was arrested in January for advocating Somaliland reunite with Somalia, has been released after being pardoned by Somaliland’s president, her lawyer has said.

In April a court in the self-declared republic of Somaliland sentenced Qorane to three years in jail for bringing the state into contempt.

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She had been released without conditions after her family appealed to the president for a pardon, her lawyer Mubarak Abdi Ismail told BBC Somali.

“I am happy. She is happy,” he added.

During her trial the prosecution said Ms Qorane – who is from Somaliland – had labelled the breakaway state a “region” and “insulted and defamed” its government.

Somaliland seceded from the rest of Somalia after the overthrow of long-serving ruler Siad Barre in 1991.

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