Police in Somaliland arrested King Osman Buur-madow after arriving at Hargeisa Airport on March 15, 2012.
King Osman who is a prominent Somali traditional leader had disagreements with president Silanyo and some of his cabinet ministers.
He has publicly criticised the actions and practices of some ministers of Kulmiye government accusing them of being extremists. The king also revealed gaffs in a trip that Somaliland government delegation claimed to have gone to China in 2011 while actually landing in Hon Kong instead, after they were denied entry to mainland China.
King Osman was also arrested in the United Arab Emirates without any formal charges on his way back from the US.
This King is known for his success in brokering the peace agreement in Puntland during the conflict between president Abdullahi Yusuf and his rival General Ade Muse in 2003. During this period Ade Muse and many of his supporters fled to the Eastern region of Somaliland where they were hosted until the peace agreement was signed with the late Abdullahi Yusuf .
King Buurmadow also gained popularity when he participated in the Africa Kings conference hosted by the late Col. Gaddafi of Libya in Tripoli in Sept, 9 , 2009.
King Buurmadow was sentenced to one year prison earlier this month for un-related presumed offence after the prosecuters failed to provide evidence aginst the case of the King .
I am with freedom of speech and think that the kings’ only fault was criticising the current Kulmiye government of Somaliland.
Keeping Buurnadow in prison by Somaliland authorities without proper judicial process is a stain in Somaliland political history and I advice the Somaliland government to immediately release the king before further damage is done to the democratic processes and the freedom of speech in the country..
Please support this cause and tell this young and emerging democracy in the volatile Horn of Africa to respect Human rights and freedom of speech inorder to progress towards full democracy and avoid the anarchy that is persistant in Somalia.
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This is great injustice, we demand the immediate release of the Boqor!
hadaa ha la siidaayo baqorka
The Gadabursi King and the Elders opposed the arrival of the British colonial government and signed an agreement with the British. Later as the disagreement between them had increased, the British Government had established some people against the Ugaas and organized to overthrow him which later caused the collapse of the kingdom.
Waa wax laga naxo in lai’iska xiro qof haddii uu kaa aragti duwan yahay.
qofka bani’aadanka ah ma’aha in la’isga cayaaro hadaad ka’awood badan tahay. Boqor buur madoow wax badan baan dhaqaystay isaga oo hadlaya waana nin codkar ah, runtana sheega. Wax kale laguma dhibaatayn. Madaxda Soomaaliyeed meel kasta oo ay joogaan way iska xiraan dadka. Cadaaladna lama gaarayo ilaa lala xisaabtamo qofka madaxda ah. I feel sad dadka reer Soomaliland inaysan ka dhiidhiyin xarigiisa. Xarigiisuna wuxuu lamid yahay wadaadadii diiday in raga iyo dumarku siman yihiin oo kabacdina dawladii Maxamed siyaad Barre sy toogatay umadda Soomaaliyeedna ay soo daawasho u tagtay markii la tooganayey. Allaa wayn. ee dadka yaan la’iska xiran.
SIILAANYO WAA NIN HABARJECEL AH OO LAANDHEERE AH, WAXUUNA U DHAARTAY DADKA IYO DALKA, MARKA RAG KA XARIIFSAN OO SIYAASAD AHAAN KA CULAYS BADAN BUU QOORTA UGA ISTAAGAY, SIDA HABAR-AWAL, HABAR YOONIS IYO GUDA BIIRSAY OO INTUBA KA SHAQAYNAYEEN IN BEELAHA BARIGA SOMALILAND LA ISKU DIRO OO LA BAABI,IYO.