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Maxamed Baaruud Cali<br />
Waa aqoon yahan (ku dhashay Hargaysa 1950) kaas oo ka qayb galay abaabulka hawlo<br />
iskaa wax- u-qabso ah oo loogu talagalay in lagu caawiyo dadka reer Hargaysa sannadkii<br />
1981, taas oo markii dambe keentay in la xidho isla sannadkaas. Markii la xidhayay wuxuu<br />
ka shaqaynayay shirkadda Pepsi Cola oo uu ka ahaa injineer iyo maareeye. Waxyaabaha<br />
keenay xadhiggiisa waxa ka mid ahaa in uu qoray wargeys la odhan jiray Uffo si loo<br />
abuuro wacyi-galin ku saabsan caddaalad darrada ballaadhan ee xilligaa jirtay. Maxamed<br />
Baaruud xilligaa waxa lagu xukumay xabsi daa’in waxaanu xidhnaa muddo 8 sanno ah.<br />
Intii aan la xidhin ka hor, Maxamed Baaruud wuxuu ka soo qalin jabiyay Jaamacadda<br />
Sunderland Polytechnic ee dalka Ingiriiska, oo ka soo qaatay shahaadada koowaad ee<br />
Geo-chemistry-ga.<br />
Laga bilaabo May 1993-kii illaa Janaayo 1994, Baaruud wuxuu ahaa xubin ka tirsan baarlamaanka<br />
Somaliland. Laba sannadood kadib waxa loo magacaabay Wasiirka Dib-u-dejinta<br />
iyo dib-u-dhiska. Sannadkii 1999kii, Maxamed Baaruud wuxuu aasaasay isla markaana<br />
hoggaaminayey dalladda Samo Talis oo xoogga saaraysay wacyigalinta arrimaha xuquuqda<br />
aadanaha. Sannadkii 2010kii ayuu daabacay buugiisa “The Mourning tree”, oo hadda<br />
loo tarjumay af Soomaali. Sannadkan, madaxweynuhu waxa uu u magacaabay Maxamed<br />
Baaruud in uu noqdo madaxa Guddiga Xuquuqda Aadanaha ee Somaliland.<br />
Mohamed Barud Ali<br />
is an intellectual (born in Hargeisa 1950) who organized self-help schemes for the people<br />
of Hargeisa in 1981, which led to his arrest the same year. At the time of his arrest he<br />
was working as an engineer and manager at the Pepsi Cola Company. Leading up to his<br />
arrest he wrote a newsletter called Uffo to create awareness of the grave injustices of that<br />
time. Mohamed Barud was sentenced to life in prison and was imprisoned for eight years.<br />
Before his arrest, Barud graduated from Sunderland Polytechnic, UK, with a bachelor’s<br />
degree in geochemistry.<br />
After his release Barud was an elected member of the parliament from May 1993 to January<br />
1994. Two years later he was appointed Minister of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.<br />
In 1999, Barud founded and led the umbrella organization Samo Tallis which focuses on<br />
human rights education. In 2010 he published his autobiography “The Mourning Tree”,<br />
which is currently being translated into Somali. This year, the President appointed Mohamed<br />
Barud as head of the Somaliland Human Rights Commission.
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