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Rwandan court jails Chinese man for beating men tied on tree

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– – A Chinese man has been jailed for twenty years for beating his employees while they were tied to a tree in Rwanda. Sun Shujun was sentenced by a Rwandan court after he was put on trial for torture for his action which was captured on video. He was arrested after the video of his action went viral. A… Read More
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Nigerian atheist jailed 24 years for blasphemy

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– – A Nigerian court on Tuesday sentenced Mubarak Bala, an atheist, to 24 years in prison for blasphemy. “This court hereby sentences Muhammad Mubarak Bala to 24 years … This will take into consideration the time he served awaiting trial,” said Judge Faruk Lawan in Kano, Nigeria. Bala, a former Muslim and the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria,… Read More
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SA woman who spent almost $1m she got in error jailed

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– – A South African woman has been jailed for five years by a court for spending almost $1 million (14 million rands) credited to her bank account in error. Sibongile Mani got 14 million rands instead of 1,400 rands she was entitled to in 2017. The money had come from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) through a… Read More
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Record high number of journalists jailed globally in 2021

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– – A record high number of journalists were jailed in 2021, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said. In a report released on Thursday, the group said the high numbers showed how bleak the year was for defenders of press freedom. According to CPJ’s 2021 prison census found the number of reporters jailed for their work hit a… Read More
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South Africa: Ex-president Jacob Zuma jailed for 15 months

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The inquiry headed by Justice Raymond Zondo then asked the Constitutional Court to intervene. The court said Zuma is not an ordinary litigant and since he is a former president, he wields a lot of political power. – – There are fears he can influence others to disregard courts, if his conduct is met with impunity, leading to… Read More
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Activist jailed for saying Chad’s president Idriss Déby is ill

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– – The head of the Chadian Organisation of Human Rights, Baradine Berdei Targuio has been jailed for saying the country’s President, Idriss Déby is ill. Targuio was arrested in January 2020 after publishing the said comment in a Facebook post about President Déby. A Chadian court sentenced him to three years in jail for his Facebook post in which… Read More
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Uganda: Woman jailed for feeding step daughter menstrual blood

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A Ugandan woman has been jailed two years by a court for forcefully feeding her step daughter menstrual blood. The court in the town of Mukono delivered the judgment on Thursday on the convicts own plea of guilty. The court reduced Annet Namata’s sentence from seven to two years because she pleaded guilty. The judge considered her decision to plead… Read More
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Tunisian presidential candidate Karoui to remain in jail

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One of the two candidates to reach the presidential run-off contest in Tunisia, Nabil Karoui has failed to secure his release from prison. Nabil Karoui, 56 was unable to win an appeal case against his detention. He was detained last month on charges of money laundering and tax fraud, which he denies. He came second in the first round of… Read More
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Ugandan academic exposes breasts in protest at jail term

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A Ugandan academic will be spending 18 months in prison after a court sentenced her over some of her comments on Facebook about President Yoweri Museveni. In protest at her jail term, Stella Nyanzi exposed her breasts via a video link during Friday’s sentencing. Nyanzi was jailed for cyber harassment but activists say her sentencing undermines Uganda’s commitment to freedom… Read More

President Kagame imprisoning students

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Open Letter addressed to President Paul Kagame demanding immediate release of Jean Baptiste ICYITONDERWA and stop terrorist acts against leaders of Rwandan students Jean Baptiste Icyitonderwa: one of the four who are still detained by the police and whose head has been seriously injured by the beating according to sources in Kigali. With his colleague Emmanuel Ntakirutimana, they are in a… Read More