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Burundi: International Human rights groups, journalists’ associations call for immediate release of Floriane Irangabiye

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Global rights groups and reporters associations have renewed Monday September 4 their call demanding the immediate release of Floriane Irangabiye, an online and exiled Burundi journalist and critic of the government, “Daily Nation” reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch in addition to several other like-mind organizations, in a joint […]
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Ghana: Four men handed 10-year prison sentence for abducting two Canadian women

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Four men have received each 10 years in prison for kidnapping back in 2019 two Canadian female volunteers in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi. The men were found guilty of conspiracy and kidnapping Lauren Tilly and Bailey Chittey in June 2019, state-run Ghana News Agency (GNA) said. Tilly and Chittey were in Ghana to volunteer […]