In May 2019, the Center for Justice & Accountability and torture survivor Farhan Warfaa went to trial in the Eastern District of Virginia—and won. The evidence presented at trial, as well as additional public documents related to the case, are available below. The evidence includes eyewitness testimony from former officers of the Somali National Army and other survivors of Somali National Army abuses, human rights and U.S. government reports, photos from the area where the abuses occurred, and expert testimony from former U.S. Special Envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Robert Gosende and medical experts, Dr. Alan Keller and Professor Daryn Reicherter.
Human Rights Reports
Africa Watch – Somalia – A Government at War with its Own People – Jan 1990
Amnesty International – Torture in Somalia – June 1988
U.S. Department of State Somalia Country Report 1989
Gersony – Why Somalis Flee – Aug 1989
Expert Reports
Historical Expert Reports – Ganzglass and Amb. Gosende
Psychological Expert Report on Somaliland Trauma – Dr. Reicherter
Deposition Videos
Mohamoud Hassan Tukale Warfaa
Abdi Abdilahi Ahmed
Ahmed Aw Musse Madar
Mohamed Aareeye Ali (Sugale)
Admitted Evidence
PL017 – May 1989 GAO Report on Northern Conflict
PL020 – U.S. Department of State – Cable to Secretary of State
PL023 – U.S. Department of State – Annual integrated assessment of security assistance – Sept 1990
PL024 – Photo of Jifo Uray
PL025 – Photo of Jifo Uray
PL026 – Photo of Jifo Uray
PL027 – Photo of Jifo Uray
PL032 – Photo of 5th Brigade military headquarters in Gebiley – Compound
PL035 – Photo of 5th Brigade military headquarters in Gebiley
PL036 – Photo of Tukeh’s Office
PL037 – Photo of Tukeh’s Office
PL038 – US Defense intelligence Agency Declassified Document
PL041 – U.S. Department of State – declassified cable
Legal Monitoring Report
Students from Stanford Law School’s International Human Rights clinic attended the trial and reported it play-by-play. Their report is also available below.
Warfaa v. Ali Combined Final Report
