Yusuf Abdi Ali "Tukeh" is a Somali former head of the

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's Fifth Brigade. In 2019, a US jury found Ali guilty of committing acts of torture during Somalia's civil war in the late 1980s. In 2019, he was found guilty by torturing a teenager named Farhan back in 1987 and had to pay damages for the crime. In 2022, Ali was arrested by in

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regarding his war crimes including extrajudicial killing; torture; cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; and arbitrary detention. He was accused of multiple human rights violations during the 1980s. He was arrested in Virginia and was taken into custody in November 2022. He re visit his birth home back to Somalia on December 20, 2024.

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Somalian military leaders Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Somali Civil War {{Improve categories, date=November 2022