This account summarizes what occurred throughout the trial in the case of Farhan Mohamoud Tani Warfaa v. Yusuf Abdi Ali, No. 1:05cv701 (LMB/JFA). The trial lasted over three days with the jury in deliberations the remaining four days in the Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. The Center for Justice & Accountability invited the Stanford Law Human Rights & Conflict Resolution Clinic to conduct neutral trial observation and produce daily reports of the proceedings for interested parties, including the Somali diaspora.

The Center for Justice & Accountability press release can be found here: https://cja.org/former-somali-army-commander-living-in-virginia-found-liable-for-torture-during-countrys-civil-war/?preview=true&_thumbnail_id=14520

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