Mogadishu (WDN) — After spending 122 days in detention, nearly four months behind bars, Somali social media personality Sacdiya Macallin Ali, widely known as “Sacdiya Bajaaj,” has regained her freedom after the Banadir Regional Court of Appeal overturned a three-year prison sentence imposed against her by a lower court. It has raised uncomfortable questions about the shrinking space for public criticism in Somalia at a time when President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s government faces growing accusations from opponents over corruption, political repression, and the use of state institutions against critics. For critics of the government, Sacdiya’s case has become symbolic of a broader concern: that citizens who publicly challenge powerful interests risk intimidation, detention, or prosecution.