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Somali community protests shutdown of hawalas
BY Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 1/07/12
Hundreds of Somali American families gathered on the State Capitol grounds, Jan. 6, to protest shutdown of hawalas.
Hawalas, Somali immigrants, Somalia, war on terror
Peace and justice groups say, “Stop the witch hunt of the Somali community”
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 12/04/11
About 100 people gathered for a “Speak Out in Support of the Somali Community” Dec. 3. The organizers were inspired to do the forum after the Oct. 20 conviction of Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan, two Somali American women who raised money for charities assisting Somalia’s poor.
al-Shabab, Amina Ali, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, Minnesota Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Minnesota Peace Action Coalition, Somalia
Somali women humanitarian workers convicted on ‘terrorism’ charges
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 10/20/11
Hawo Mohamed Hassan and Amina Farah Ali, two Somali American women who raised money for charities assisting Somalia’s poor, were found guilty of providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations.
al-Shabab, Amina Farah Ali, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, material support, Somalia
Somali women demand justice for two women on trial for material support of terrorism
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 10/19/11
More than 60 Somali women assembled outside the Federal Courthouse here, Oct. 19, in support of Hawo Mohamed Hassan and Amina Farah Ali, two Somali humanitarian workers who are charged with providing ‘material support for a foreign terrorist organization.’
al-Shabab, Amina Farah Ali, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, Somalia
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