Part I
Part II
Hashi Omar Hassan was condemned to 26 years of detention for having killed the Italian journalist, Ilaria Alpi in Mogadishu in 1994.
His lawyer claims Hassan was convicted to stop further investigations on the motives behind Alpi's killing.
Ilaria Alpi was reporting on arms trafficking and the illegal disposal of toxic waste off the coasts of the coast for Somalia, trafficking featuring Somali and Italian businessmen, offshore companies and secret service agents, trades that continue to this very day, and which are of serious concern.
Hassan was arrested after having been invited to Italy by the Italian Parliament to testify on the abuses inflicted on him by Italian peacekeepers in Somalia.
Not even in Mogadishu at the time of the assassination, Hassan's defense lawyer Douglas Duale claims he is a scapegoat, part of a scheme to cover up unmentionable truths that Ilaria Alpi's investigative work in Somalia had unveiled.
He also holds papers proving that Hashi Omar Hassan was tricked into travelling to Italy to testify against the Italian military, all the time paving the way for his own arrest.
There is hope for the re-opening of Alpi's case after a witness heard by the latest Italian Parliamentary Commission of inquiry into the case claimed Hassan was innocent.
Giorgio and Luciana Alpi have been fighting for years to uncover the truth about their daughter's death. They want to know who the people behind the murder are, and they want the investigations into the case to continue.