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Baashe Cabdi Yuusuf<br />
waa aqoon yahan (dhashay 1953) kaas oo ka qayb galay abaabulka hawlo iskaa wax- u-qabso<br />
ahaa oo loogu talagalay in lagu caawiyo dadka reer Hargaysa sannadihii 1980aadkii,<br />
taas oo markii dambe keentay in la xidho 1981kii. Waxa lagu xukumay 20 sano oo xabsi ah<br />
wuxuuna xidhnaa xidhay 8 sanno. Ka hor intii laa xidhin Baashe Cabdi wuxuu ka shaqeyn<br />
jiray dalka Sacuudi Carabiya muddo 4 ilaa 5 sanno ku dhawayd. Waxa uu Hargaysa dib<br />
ugu soo laabtay sannadkii 1979-kii si uu ganacsigiisa gaarka u bilaabo. Sannadkii 1991kii<br />
wuxuu u guuray California, carriga Mareykanka ah. Waxa uu ka qalin jabiyay Jaamacadda<br />
Hayward University ee uu bartay aqoonta Nidaamyada Macluumaadka Kumbiyuutarka<br />
la xidhiidha Xidhiidhada Ganacsiga.<br />
Intii uu joogay Maraykanka, Baashe Yuusuf, oo ay weheliyaan xubno ka tirsan qurba-joogta,<br />
ayaa waydiistay Xarunta Caddaaladda iyo Isla-xisaabtanka in ay dacwad ka soo gudbiso<br />
Ra’iisul-wasaarihii hore isla markaana ahaa Wasiirka Difaaca ee Soomaaliya General<br />
Maxammed Cali Samatar. Waxay ku eedeeyeen in uu gaystay jidhdil laxaad leh, dilal ballaadhan<br />
iyo dambiyo kale oo ka dhan ah bani’aadanimada oo noqday kiis markii dambe<br />
gaadhay ilaa maxkamadda sare. General Samatar aya lagu helay dambi ah ku tacaddiga<br />
xuquuqda aadanaha waxana lagu qasbay inuu bixiyo 21 milyan oo Doolar oo magdhow<br />
ah.<br />
Bashe Abdi Yousuf<br />
is an intellectual (born in 1953), who organized self-help schemes to improve the social<br />
services in Hargeisa in the early 1980s, which led to his arrest in 1981. He was sentenced<br />
to 20 years in prison and was imprisoned for eight years. Before his arrest Bashe Abdi had<br />
worked in Saudi Arabia for five years. He came back to Hargeisa in 1979 to start his own<br />
business. In 1991 he moved to California. He graduated from California State University<br />
Hayward with a degree in computer information systems and business communication.<br />
In the US, Bashe Yousuf, together with a group of diaspora members, asked the Center for<br />
Juctice and Accountability to file lawsuits against the former Prime Minister and Defence<br />
Minister of Somalia General Mohammed Ali Samatar. They sued him for torture, mass killings<br />
and other crimes against humanity in a case that went all the way to the US Supreme<br />
Court. General Samatar was found guilty of human rights atrocities and was forced to pay<br />
$21 million in damages.
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