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Case overview
When the journalist and human rights activist Abdalle Mumin fled torture and persecution in Somalia, he thought he’d be safe in the UK.
But now, Premier Bank – a major Somali financial institution – is seeking to silence Abdalle, using lawyers based in London to threaten dragging him through the UK courts. The complaint? News articles – which Abdalle says were nothing to do with him – and a handful of social media posts in which Abdalle criticised the bank.
This looks like a textbook SLAPP – a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – aimed at intimidating and silencing a critic through a threat of expensive legal action. So we’re working with Abdalle to fight back. We’ve sent a robust legal response to Premier Bank, and we’ve filed a complaint against the bank’s aggressive lawyers with the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Part of campaign:
Defending the right to free speech
If free speech means anything, it is the right to speak hard truths to those with power