Former presidential candidate in the 2013 general elections, Mohamed Abduba Dida, is serving a seven-year prison sentence in the US.
Dida has been incarcerated since November 18, 2022, after he was found guilty of stalking and intimidating an unidentified individual in the US.
It remains unclear whether Dida had moved to the US or was merely visiting when he was arrested. The crimes occurred in McLean County, Illinois.
Dida faced two charges during his trial: stalking and transmitting threats, as well as aggravated stalking and violating a restraining order.
He recently filed a complaint over the alleged violation of his constitutional rights, including the right to practice Islam and observe the Islamic daily prayer schedule.
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“Plaintiff claims that now at Big Muddy he has been approved as a volunteer imam, but he has only been allowed one Friday prayer.”
“He has otherwise been denied prayers before and after sunrise and sunset, and he has been denied three additional prayers,” reads a legal complaint filed in the US District Court, Southern District of Illinois.
Further, he complained that he needed a full shower on Friday before prayer, but despite many meetings about this, he has been unable to arrange it.
“He claims that even a single drop of urine nullifies his prayer, which makes it problematic to pray in a cell where toilets are co-located,” the complaint adds.
Dida is scheduled to be released on April 3, 2029.
