An MP became Somalia’s first political prisoner when jailed without parliamentary privilege

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Among the leaders of the demonstration was Bardda Cad, who was an MP, and several dozen lesser-known personalities. The government did not take any chances and immediately took the MP to prison without considering that MPs had constitutionally guaranteed immunity from prosecution unless parliament lifted that privilege. Another five dozen individuals were also jailed. Thus Bardda Cad became the first political prisoner in postcolonial Somalia. He was released after Humphrey left. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1010

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